hong kong hong kong on monday said it would ban all flights from britain following the discovery of a new and highly infectious strain of the coronavirus therefrom midnight there will be no more passenger flights arriving in hong kong from the united kingdom health secretary sophia chan told reportersanyone arriving in hong kong who has been the uk in the last 14 days will also have to undergo a longer quarantine officials saidcoronavirus outbreak live updatesall international passengers to hong kong currently have to undergo a twoweek mandatory quarantine in a dedicated hotelthose with a recent travel history in britain will have to complete their hotel quarantine as well as a further weeks isolation at home before being allowed out in publiccountries around the world have begun banning flights and travellers from britain as london said sunday the spread of a moreinfectious new coronavirus strain was now out of controlhong kongs decision will particularly hit students from the city who were studying there and hoping to return home over the christmas periodregarding the quite a number of students studying in the united kingdom who were returning home to hong kong the government believes we must immediately roll out stringent and targeted measures to prevent the mutated virus from spreading in hong kong chan said