HK adds Singapore and Iceland to list of high-risk nations following Omicron cases

Non-Hong Kong residents who have stayed in high-risk countries within 21 days are banned from entering the city. - AFP

HONG KONG (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singapore and Iceland will from Monday (Dec 6) be bumped up to Category A - which means high-risk nations - in Hong Kong from Category B, as Omicron Covid-19 variant infections have been detected in these places.

This means that non-Hong Kong residents who have stayed in these countries within 21 days are banned from entering Hong Kong.