Flights from eight countries will be prohibited from entering Hong Kong for two weeks from this Friday as the country tries to quash a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections. covid19 HongKong Omicron
Flights from eight countries, including Australia, the US and Britain, have been banned from entering Hong Kong for two weeks from this Friday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has banned flights from some countries and tightened restrictions as Omicron threatens to take hold.The restrictions were announced as health authorities scoured the city for the contacts of a COVID-19 patient, some of whom had been aboard a Royal Caribbean ship that was ordered to cut short its “cruise to nowhere” and return to port.
Lam said the government would ban indoor dining after 6pm from Friday, and close swimming pools, sports centres, bars and clubs, museums, and other venues for at least two weeks. Future cruise journeys would be cancelled.Hong Kong recorded 38 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, but only one was a local community transmission, while the rest were people who had returned to the city and tested positive during quarantine.
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