has slashed its coronavirus quarantine requirement for overseas arrivals from seven to three days in a bid to attract business travellers and kick-start economic activity in the Asian financial hub, the dpa reported. The three days of quarantine in an officially assigned hotel room will be followed by another four days of "medical surveillance," Chief Executive John Lee said on Monday. During those four days, affected people would be able to move around outside, but would not be allowed to visit restaurants, bars or places that normally require proof of vaccination. The new rules will apply from Friday and are designed to allow maximum economic and social activity, Lee said. While Hong Kong records a few thousand new infections daily, China, by contrast, has a strict zero-Covid strategy, using curfews and other restrictions to nip any outbreak in the bud. However, the measures have isolated China and been a burden on the world's second-largest economy, which grew by just 0.4% in the second quarter.