Hong Kong suspends passenger arrivals from Indonesia due to COVID-19

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0 8 Tourism in Hong Kong has suffered from a double whammy of political unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic. (PHOTO: Matt Driskill) The government of Hong Kong announced that it will suspend passenger flights from Indonesia starting Friday (June 25) after it said arrivals from the Southeast Asian country present an "extremely high risk" for spreading COVID-19. The Hong Kong government said late on Wednesday it was suspending flights after the number of imported COVID-19 cases from Indonesia crossed thresholds set by the global financial hub. Hong Kong has already banned arrivals from India, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines, using…

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