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,xjmtzyw Pakistan and Philippines.
Flights to Hong Kong are down 90 per cent 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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Residents line up to get tested for the coronavirus at a temporary testing centre for COVID-19 in Hong Kong on Feb. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
