HK to ease anti-pandemic measures from Friday

Starting Friday, Hong Kong will relax some of its anti-pandemic restrictions, as the third wave of COVID-19 outbreaks in the community is on the wane, Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee announced Tuesday.

Hong Kong reported 19 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day after recording a single-digit daily rise in coronavirus infections. Eight of the 19 patients were infected from an unknown source.