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Hong Kong bans transit flights from over 150 countries
Published on: 2022-01-17
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Hong Kong International Airport said it will ban transit passengers from 150 countries and territories starting Sunday, tightening stringent travel controls in an effort to stem the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant.
 

Authorities also said Friday they will extend social distancing restrictions, including a ban on dining in after 6 p.m., by another two weeks over the Lunar New Year holidays to Feb. 3. Large-scale events, such as Lunar New Year fairs held annually in Hong Kong, will be canceled.
 

The transit ban and extension of distancing rules come as the city grapples with an omicron outbreak of the coronavirus, with most of the cases traced to two crew members of Cathay Pacific who had broken isolation rules and dined at restaurants and bars in the city before testing positive.
 

Over the past two weeks, authorities have locked down multiple residential buildings across the city and mass-tested thousands as they sought to stamp out omicron infections.
 

Airline passengers who have stayed in over 150 places deemed “high risk” in the last 21 days, including the United States and Britain, will be banned from transiting in Hong Kong from Jan. 16 to Feb. 15, according to a notice posted by the airport.
 

Last week, Hong Kong imposed a two-week ban on incoming flights from the U.S., Canada, Australia, France, Britain, India, Pakistan and the Philippines.
 

香港宣布禁止150多个国家的航班经停

日前,香港国际机场宣布,一个月内将禁止来自150多个国家和地区的乘客在该枢纽转机。背后的原因是奥密克戎Omicron 变体对社会的影响越来越大。
 

来自“高风险”国家和地区的旅客,1 月 16 日至 2 月 16 日期间将被禁止来到香港。实际上,在过去 21 天内这些国家/地区的人也无法入境,即使是出于过境目的。
 

上周,香港对包括加拿大、澳大利亚、印度、英国和美国在内的几个国家实施了为期两周的飞行禁令。受到影响的不仅仅是航班。多个公共场所已被勒令关闭,人们只能在18:00之前在餐厅用餐。

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