Hong Kong, March 27 (BNA): Hong Kong said it will reduce the ban on airlines found to have carried three or more passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival, as the number of local cases continues to decline. its climax.
The government said in a statement that starting Friday, the ban on individual airlines will be reduced to seven days, from the previous 14 days, as part of the ongoing “flight suspension mechanism”.
The change came after the government said last week that a ban on flights from nine countries – Canada, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Britain, the United States, France, Australia and the Philippines – would be lifted on April 1, according to Reuters.
If there is at least one positive test and at least one case of non-compliance with the pre-departure test on any one flight, the airline will also be suspended from the road for seven days.
Hong Kong reported 8,841 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, down from 10,405 on Friday, as the latest wave of infections continued to subside.
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