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Hong Kong tightens COVID rules, suspending inbound flights from eight countries

Hong Kong is suspending flights from the United States and seven other countries. “We have to contain the pandemic to make sure there will not be a major outbreak in the community again,” said Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive. | REUTERS

By Austin Ramzy and John Yoon
The New York Times

Jan 6, 2022

Hong Kong announced a series of strict pandemic control measures Wednesday, including suspending flights from the United States and seven other countries, as it scrambled to contain an incipient coronavirus outbreak.

The new measures came as authorities held thousands of passengers from a cruise ship under mandatory quarantine to trace a COVID-19 case.

The flight bans will deepen the city’s isolation from the outside world and mark a return to the tough restrictions the city imposed in the early days of the pandemic.

Hong Kong tightens COVID rules, suspending inbound flights from eight countries

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