Hong Kong: For the 22-year-old Timmin Lam, who was studying in Manchester, a ban on flight from England to Hong Kong this week was the latest in a series of unrelenting steps that had prevented him from going home for almost two years.
, “I feel trapped in England.
I really hope the pandemic will increase,” he said.
Finally in the Global Financial Hub said on Monday that Hong Kong would ban passenger flights from England from July 1 to curb the deployment of Delta July 1 Covid-19 variant.
Critain has been categorized as a very high risk and people who have lived in this country For more than two hours it will not be able to ride a passenger flight for Hong Kong.
It is the second time the hub that is ruled by China.
has forbidden from England; Previous prohibitions took effect from December 2020 to May.
The government said the ban was caused by “recent rebound from the epidemic situation in the UK and the Delta variance strains were scattered there, coupled with a number of cases with the L452R strain mutant virus detected by the test from the people who arrived from the UK.” Before the ban, Restrictions in the UK have relaxed to allow vaccinated travelers only 7 quarantine days compared to 21 days.
Thousands of students have planned to return home for summer, and sudden changes have resulted in chaos for many people.
“I really hope they have announced this before to provide more time for us to organize and regulate things,” said Wallis Au, a 20-year-old physiotherapy student in England.
Au said he had a flight booking to arrive in Hong Kong on July 5 but now it will not be able to return before the deadline.
Covid-19 Regulation Hong Kong, travelers cannot land in the city without securing a hotel reservation for quarantine.
After the announced ban, parents rushed to find hotels for their children, but for many people it was impossible.
“Even if I can get a previous flight – which is a boost because everyone hurryes – how can he ride without a hotel.
Order?” Hong Kong said Mrs.
Debi Yeung, whose 20-year-old daughter was studying at Leeds.Yeung said he had changed the date of flight and hotel bookings that had several times due to regulatory changes, while his daughter had scheduled several Covid tests in front of his trip.
“We have given up now,” he said.
“I don’t think there are more we can do.”
British flight tires Hong Kong leaves students stranded, parents in despair
