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All non-residents will be banned from entering Hong Kong from midnight Wednesday local time, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced at a news conference on Monday.
Travelers will also not be allowed to transit through Hong Kong airport.
The strict new measures come as the number of confirmed cases in the city has almost doubled in the past week.
Many of the cases were imported from overseas, as Hong Kong residents who had left -- either to work or study abroad, or to seek safety when the city seemed destined for a major outbreak earlier this year -- returned, bringing the virus back with them.
Travelers will also not be allowed to transit through Hong Kong airport.
The strict new measures come as the number of confirmed cases in the city has almost doubled in the past week.
Many of the cases were imported from overseas, as Hong Kong residents who had left -- either to work or study abroad, or to seek safety when the city seemed destined for a major outbreak earlier this year -- returned, bringing the virus back with them.
