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Under the new arrangements, locally based air crew can return home after obtaining a negative result of the nucleic acid test conducted at the airport, it said in a statement. Previously air crew had to quarantine at a hotel for three nights before returning home.
The measure had resulted in many airlines including Virgin and British Airways to suspend operations in the Chinese special administrative region due to the strict rules. Other airlines have severely curtailed operations making it very difficult for people to travel to or from the city.
Hong Kong has tightly controlled its border with the mainland and the rest of the world for more than 2-1/2 years, in line with China's "zero-Covid" policy of stamping out outbreaks as they arise with tough restrictions.
The city of 7.3 million people relies heavily on international business and travel, and the restrictions have damaged its economy and led to the exodus of tens of thousands of residents.
