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Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals

Hong Kong's COVID lockdown measures have devastated the city's tourism industry and disrupted business travel in a city known for being an international financial center and a business hub.

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will reduce the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week, the city's leader said Monday.

The southern Chinese city remains one of the few places in the world, together

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