Hong Kong to close restaurants and ban flights on omicron scare

City imposes toughest COVID measures since December 2020

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Hong Kong will ban dine-in services after 6 p.m. and cancel large-scale events on worries about omicron spreading in the city. © Reuters

PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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