Hong Kong's leader has said that the city will lift flight bans on countries including Pakistan and India, as well as reduce quarantine time for travellers arriving in the city as coronavirus infections in its latest outbreak plateaus, reports AP.

The city's chief executive, Carrie Lam, announced during a press conference that a ban on flights from nine countries, including Australia, Canada, France, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Britain and the US would be lifted from April 1.

Travellers entering the city can also quarantine for as little as seven days in quarantine hotels down from 14 days if they test negative for the virus on the sixth and seventh days of their quarantine. Such travellers must also be fully vaccinated and test negative for the coronavirus before entering the city.

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