The Government today announced that from May 1, it will lift the Outbound Travel Alert issued for COVID-19 on all overseas countries/territories, which has been in effect since March 17, 2020.

It said the decision was made due to the relatively lower risk of travelling overseas.

The epidemic situation in overseas countries/territories with frequent traffic with Hong Kong has generally been on a downward trend, while citizens returning to Hong Kong must be fully vaccinated, the Government explained.

Meanwhile, to continue to control the overall volume of inbound traffic and reduce the importation risk, the Government will implement stringent measures to guard against the importation of cases and limit the number of designated quarantine hotels. Relevant boarding, quarantine and testing requirements are still in force.

Additionally, as the pandemic situation remains, the Department of Health advises citizens to avoid non-essential travel outside Hong Kong. If travel is unavoidable, they should pay close attention to the latest COVID-19 situation at the destination as well as the department's travel health advice to protect their own health.