Hong Kong Bans Passenger Flights From UK to Curb COVID-19

Hong Kong Bans Passenger Flights From UK to Curb COVID-19
Closed counters are seen at the Hong Kong International Airport, following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Hong Kong on Feb. 2, 2021. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong will ban all passenger flights from the United Kingdom from Thursday to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, the government said on Monday.

Britain will be specified as extremely high-risk, and people who have stayed in the country for more than two hours will be unable to board passenger flights bound for Hong Kong, it said.