The opening comes during a massive wave of infections and a day after authorities said nearly 60,000 people with COVID had died in hospital following the relaxation of restrictions in the wake of historic protests.
HONG KONG/BEIJING, Jan 15 - China resumed on Sunday high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and the mainland for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it dismantles travel curbs after Beijing scrapped quarantine for arrivals a week earlier.authorities said
"The resumption of the high-speed railway has made it very convenient for us and has brought us closer to home," said Mang Lee, 33, who was among dozens going through border checks at Hong Kong's West Kowloon station before boarding trains. But the figure still falls short of the predictions of international health experts, who have said China could have more than a million COVID-related deaths this year.
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