Hong Kong bars flights from India, seven other countries over Omicron fears
The Hindu
The countries are India, U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, France, Pakistan and Philippines
Hong Kong on Wednesday barred flights from India and seven other nations for two weeks, part of a raft of new measures to tackle the spread of the Omicron variant.
While most of Hong Kong’s 114 reported Omicron cases have been imported, the Special Administrative Region (SAR) is currently battling its first local spread in many months.
Health authorities said on Wednesday, explaining the new restrictions including a ban on dining in restaurants after 6 pm and the closure of gyms and bars, that they feared community transmission as they have not been able to entirely determine the routes of spread of the cases.
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