Hong Kong has banned flights from the United Kingdom for two weeks due to concerns about a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections.
The city on Wednesday, issued a ban on inbound aircraft from eight nations, including the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as increased restrictions.
Health officials are now searching the city for COVID-19 patient’s close relatives, some of whom are believed to have been aboard a Royal Caribbean ship on a “cruise to nowhere” that had been ordered to return to port.
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According to Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines are among the countries that will be prohibited from 8 to 21 January.
She added that from Friday, the government will prohibit indoor dining in restaurants after 6 p.m., and that swimming pools, sports centers, bars and clubs, museums, and other facilities would be closed for at least two weeks.
