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Hong Kong's strict coronavirus rules have dented its ability to host big events / © AFP Hong Kong's rugby sevens tournament will return after a three-year coronavirus pandemic hiatus, organisers confirmed Saturday, with the event likely adopting a Beijing Olympics-style "closed-loop" system. The Asian finance hub has been cut off from the world for more than two years, as it hews to its own version of China's strict zero-Covid rules. International flights remain well below pre-pandemic levels and all arrivals must currently undergo a week of mandatory hotel quarantine. The restrictions have hammered Hong Kong's economy and its ability to...
