Hong Kong extends ban on flights from eight countries, adds Nepal

Hong Kong extends ban on flights from eight countries, adds Nepal
Hong Kong extends ban on flights from eight countries, adds Nepal Copyright Thomson Reuters 2022
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong on Friday extended a ban on incoming flights from eight countries, including the United States and Britain, and imposed one on Nepal until March 4, with the government citing concerns over a growing COVID-19 outbreak.

The other countries are Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan and Philippines.

Flights to Hong Kong are down 90% and hardly any are allowed to transit as the financial hub isolates itself from the world in the hope it can contain a coronavirus outbreak, even though new infections are overwhelmingly local transmissions.

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