After three years of absence due to Covid-19, the event is making its return to the program.
The Hong Kong stage, a major event on the world rugby sevens circuit, will return with a health bubble in November after three years of absence due to Covid-19, organizers announced on Saturday.
This competition will be the first major sporting event organized by Hong Kong, after more than two years almost cut off from the rest of the world, in accordance with China’s zero Covid strategy.
Flagship event of the world rugby sevens circuit, the tournament will be held from November 4 to 6 and will comply “with the measures to fight against Covid in place at that time”, said the Hong Kong Rugby Federation in a press release.
The federation has obtained that the tournament takes place in a sanitary bubble system, which will isolate players and members of management during the week preceding the event.
The Hong Kong Sevens, one of the city’s most popular events, usually attracts around 40,000 spectators. For this edition, a health gauge of 85% will be put in place, according to the daily South China Morning Post.
Holding the sevens rugby tournament will undoubtedly appeal to fans of this sport in Hong Kong, but supporters coming from abroad could be put off by the one-week quarantine to which all travelers are subjected upon their arrival in the country. town.
Earlier in the month, the Minister of Health Lo Chung-mau however raised the possibility of easing this quarantine rule in November, when the stage of the world rugby sevens circuit will be held, but also a congress. international banking sector.