Hong Kong extends ban on flights from Nepal

 Hong Kong extended a ban on incoming flights from eight countries including Nepal until March 4.

The decision today also bans incoming flights from the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan and Philippines, until March 4, with the Hong Kong government citing concerns over a growing Covid-19 outbreak.

Flights to Hong Kong are down by 90 per cent and hardly any are allowed to transit as the financial hub isolates itself from the world in the hope it can contain a coronavirus outbreak, even though new infections are overwhelmingly local transmissions.