HONG KONG -- Hong Kong will impose stricter COVID measures for the first time in over a year as the city records increasing cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus, the city's leader Carrie Lam announced on Wednesday.
Hong Kong will ban dine-in services after 6 p.m., cancel large-scale events, close bars, theme parks, gyms and 12 other types of venues for two weeks starting Friday. Flights from eight countries will also be banned after the city found its first locally transmitted infection that authorities were not able to trace.
