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With the country under the grips of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has decided to suspend all domestic flights from midnight tomorrow.
2 imported COVID-19 cases detected
May 2, 2021
The Centre for Health Protection today said it is investigating two additional COVID-19 cases, both of which are imported.
A total of 129 cases have been recorded in the past 14 days, including 21 local cases of which nine had unknown sources of infection.
In view of the surge in testing demand from Tung Chung residents within a short period of time, the Home Affairs Department today set up a small-scale temporary mobile specimen collection station at Tat Tung Road Garden in Tung Chung which will operate until 8pm. A quota of 540 will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
Flight landing rules tightened
April 29, 2021
The Government today announced that it will further tighten the criteria of place-specific flight suspension mechanism and prohibit all passenger flights from Nepal from landing in Hong Kong from May 1.
Under the tightened mechanism, the Government will extend the measure to prohibit all passenger flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines from landing in Hong Kong from May 1.
Starting from the same day, Nepal will also be specified as an extremely high-risk place under the Prevention & Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances & Travellers) Regulation to restrict people who have stayed in the four places from boarding for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong suspends all flight operations from India till May 3
Times of IndiaTIMESOFINDIA.COM|TRAVEL NEWS, HONG KONG Created : Apr 20, 2021, 07:00 IST
As per latest development, Hong Kong has now suspended all flight operations from India for 14 days, starting from April 20 to May 3.
Reportedly, the Hong Kong Government has announced the suspension of flights from India, Pakistan, and the Philippines from midnight on April 20. All passenger flights from these three countries would now be barred from landing in Hong Kong for 14 days.
Referring to this, the government also released a statement that stated that these places will at the same time be specified as extremely high-risk Group A specified places under the Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation (Cap. 599H)/ This will restrict persons who have stayed in these places from boarding for Hong Kong. The suspension will remai