HK halts transit flights from most of the world


Safety first: Members of the public receiving the PCR test at a testing facility in the Tuen Mun area of Hong Kong. — Bloomberg

Hong Kong will suspend for a month transit flights from around 150 countries and territories considered high risk because of the coronavirus, deepening the global financial hub’s isolation.

The move comes as the city has seen around 50 cases of the fast-spreading Omicron variant since the end of last year.

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