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Hong Kong leader plans to reopen city after curbing latest Covid outbreak

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said it was not the time to lift a ban on flights from 9 countries including US and UK, with plans to reopen the city only after the government controls a Covid outbreak

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Hong Kong chief executive Carrier Lam

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday it was not the time to lift a ban on flights from nine countries including the United States and Britain, with plans to reopen the city only after the government controls a deepening coronavirus outbreak.
 
The global financial hub has some of the most draconian restrictions in place to combat a surge in coronavirus cases that has seen the city suffer the most deaths globally per million people in the week to March 7, according to the Our World in Data publication.
 
Total infections have surged to about 600,000, including more than

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