By Daisy CL Mandap
The flight ban was imposed after the 3 countries were designated 'extremely high risk' |
Hong Kong announced late Sunday, Apr 18, that it will stop
flights from the
At the same time, all three countries have been moved to the
“extremely high risk” category, which means anyone who had stayed in these
places for more than two hours in the past 21 days are prohibited from boarding a flight to
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On top of this, travelers from “extremely high risk” places should,
after completing 21 days of hotel quarantine, undergo self-monitoring for seven
days, and take a fourth Covid-19 test on the 26th day after arrival
in
As of now, three other countries are in this category: the
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The government statement said the decision to add the three Asian countries to this list was triggered by the case of a man who was found Saturday to have the coronavirus variant 10 days after completing his 21-day quarantine.
The Indian man who had flown in from
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As a result of the case, and “for the sake of prudence,” the government said it reviewed imported cases from the past 14 days and decided to implement the “circuit breaker” it put in place recently to stop the spread of the highly infectious variant in the community.
The study reportedly showed the N501Y variant was found in
the prescribed number among new arrivals from
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Under the new restrictions that took effect on Apr 14, a
total flight ban was supposed to be imposed on any place only when (1) a cumulative number of five
passengers (2) are found to have the variant on arrival in
Since it took effect, however, the
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However, far more passengers from
Of the 29 imported cases recorded Monday, 22 had flown in
from
More than 100,000 new Covid cases have been recorded in India in a single day |
The domestic infection rate in all three countries has been
surging as well, with
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Earlier, the government announced it was suspending Cathay Pacific Airways from
flying from
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The flights that carried the infected passengers arrived on Apr 14 and 17.
Similary banned for the same period was Vistara Airlines
flight from
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Both CX 906 and UK6397 had been banned previously for the same infraction.
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