A man walks along the Central business district in Hong Kong on Sept 8, 2021.
(KIN CHEUNG / AP)
HONG KONG – Hong Kong reported eight new imported COVID-19 cases on Thursday as it banned Nepal Airlines flights from Kathmandu.
The new patients included three men and a woman from Pakistan, three men from Nepal, and a woman from the Philippines. The city’s tally stood at 12,251, the Centre for Health Protection said in a statement.
The Department of Health decided to ban Nepal Airlines flights from Kathmandu from October 7 to 20 after three passengers in one recent flight tested positive for the virus
Except for the woman from Pakistan, all the other patients had no COVID-19 symptoms, it added.
The CHP also said that the Department of Health decided to ban Nepal Airlines flights from Kathmandu from October 7 to 20.
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The DH made the decision after three passengers on a Nepal Airlines flight on October 5 tested positive for the virus when they arrived in Hong Kong.
The CHP added that a total of 76 cases were reported in the city from September 23 to October 6, all of them imported.
The Hospital Authority said there were 53 COVID-19 patients being treated as of Thursday in nine public hospitals and the North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre, and all of them are in stable condition.
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