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Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong is to lift its Covid-19 flight ban from nine countries from April 1, Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced. Meanwhile, schools will be able to resume in-person classes earliest at April 19. Flights from nine countries have been banned this year, including Australia, Canada, France, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, the UK and the US. Lam said at Monday’s press briefing that the flight suspensions were “no longer timely” as the pandemic situation in the listed countries was often “no worse than Hong Kong.” Hong Kong will no longer divide travellers from different categories …