Coronavirus: EU-Hong Kong travel deal to ease quarantine, other restrictions ‘unlikely for now given low vaccination rate’

A decision by the European Union to ease travel restrictions for Hongkongers – but only on the condition the city reciprocates – is likely to run into a major roadblock in the form of the stubbornly low rate of local Covid-19 vaccinations, according to a health expert and an industry representative.The city confirmed no new coronavirus cases on Thursday, but University of Hong Kong microbiologist Dr Ho Pak-leung said that the local vaccination rate still lagged behind countries in the EU. With…

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