Hong Kong scraps one of world’s last Covid mask mandates

Hongkong, 28/2: Hongkongers will finally be able to leave home without a face mask from Wednesday, nearly 1,000 days after the pandemic mandate was imposed.

 

Face coverings will no longer be required indoors, outdoors or on public transport, the government announced, ending a measure that has become a relic globally as the world adjusts to living alongside the coronavirus.

 

Hong Kong was one of the last places on Earth to enforce mask-wearing outside, with violators facing hefty fines