Hong Kong to relax social distancing measures as COVID-19 wave wanes

Hong Kong will ease some social distancing measures including dining restrictions from later this month as the city is recovering from its largest outbreak of the coronavirus, the city government said Thursday.The city has seen a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections fueled by the Omicron coronavirus variant since January, recording nearly 77,000 daily cases in early March. But cases gradually declined in the past month and decreased to 1,043 on Thursday.Under the measures to be relaxed from Thursday next week, restaurants will be allowed to open until 10 p.m. while they have been obliged to cl…READ FULL ARTICLE