Hong Kong Bans Flights, Imposes Other COVID-19 Restrictions

By ZEN SOO, Associated Press

HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong authorities have announced a two-week ban on flights from the United States and seven other countries and are keeping 2,500 passengers on a cruise ship for coronavirus testing as the city tries to stop an emerging omicron outbreak.

The two-week ban on passenger flights from Australia, Britain, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United States will go into effect on Sunday.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam also announced that restaurant meals will be banned after 6 p.m. for two weeks starting Friday.

The moves came as new groups of omicron emerged over the past week, many linked to various Cathay Pacific crew members who broke isolation rules and dined at city restaurants and bars before testing positive.

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