Hong Kong will resume international flights from nine countries, including France, the United Kingdom and the United States, from April, local chief executive Gary Lam announced on Monday.
Keystone
“From April 1, the Hong Kong government will lift the ban on flights to nine countries,” he said, adding that the Covit-19 operation was lifted in early January.
After appearing at the financial center of the highly contagious Omigran variant in January, authorities banned flights from eight countries, including France, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Philippines, Pakistan and India, before joining Nepal. February.
But the number of epidemics rose rapidly, despite severe social remote measures to reach more than one million corona viruses and 5,600 deaths per population of more than 7 million.
The ban is “no longer appropriate,” Lam said. “The epidemic situation in these countries is not worse than in Hong Kong, and most of the people who come here do not show serious symptoms.
Criticized crisis management
Since the territory was hit by the fifth wave of the corona virus linked to the Omigron variant, his government has handled the crisis and has been criticized from all quarters for its vague communication.
Fears that the area would be locked up in February sowed panic, with residents rushing to supermarkets to buy basic necessities and leading to unprecedented evictions of foreigners and locals.
The rise of lawsuits has come despite the fact that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has enforced some strict border controls and social distance measures on the planet since the outbreak, except in the mainland of China.
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