Air India banned from entering Hong Kong for fourth time, as city records two imported Covid-19 cases

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Five passengers arriving in Hong Kong from Mumbai tested positive for the coronavirus this week.

Air India has been banned from operating flights to Hong Kong for the fourth time since mid-August, after five passengers from Mumbai tested positive for the coronavirus this week.

The Department of Health said Air India flights from Mumbai were banned from Wednesday until November 10. City authorities will ban a route for 14 days if at least five passengers on a single flight are identified as infected on arrival, or if three or more passengers are found to have contracted the coronavirus over two consecutive flights from a location.

Meanwhile, a two-week trial of RT-LAMP tests, a faster method of coronavirus screening, began at Hong Kong International Airport on Wednesday. But the limit on gathering in public remains at four until at least next Thursday, a move criticised by health experts, who said it was riskier when people ate together without masks, compared with wearing them when congregating in public.

 

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