HK sees 413 virus cases, bans Air Canada flights from Vancouver


People get off a tour boat at a pier in Hong Kong on April 26, 2022. - AFP

HONG KONG (China Daily/Asia News Network): Hong Kong reported 413 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday as the city banned Air Canada flights from Vancouver.

Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection, said in a news briefing that the new infections included 24 imported cases and 389 local infections.

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