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Hong Kong to lift flight bans and cut quarantine for arrivals

The local government also says it will suspend plans for a city-wide mass-testing exercise.

HONG KONG — Hong Kong's leader Monday said that the city would lift flight bans on countries including Britain and the U.S., as well as reduce quarantine time for travelers arriving in the city as coronavirus infections in its latest outbreak plateaus.

The city's chief executive Carrie Lam announced

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