{"id":249697,"date":"2020-03-24T18:51:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T22:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249697"},"modified":"2020-03-24T18:51:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T22:51:23","slug":"non-residents-transit-passengers-temporarily-barred-from-hk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/24\/non-residents-transit-passengers-temporarily-barred-from-hk\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-residents, transit passengers temporarily barred from HK"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_244321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244321\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/airport-1503332_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244321\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/airport-1503332_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/airport-1503332_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/airport-1503332_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/airport-1503332_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/airport-1503332_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It asked all travelers to check if their inbound or outbound flights to and from Philippine airports will be affected by the new restriction and adjust travel plans accordingly. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Non-residents and transit passengers are temporarily barred from entering Hong Kong as part of measures to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Department of Foreign Affairs informs the public that starting from midnight of 24 March 2020 (0000H 24 March), non-residents will not be allowed into Hong Kong, transit passengers included, for a two-week period,&#8221; the DFA said in an advisory.<\/p>\n<p>It asked all travelers to check if their inbound or outbound flights to and from Philippine airports will be affected by the new restriction and adjust travel plans accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The DFA reminds the Filipino public to remain vigilant and accurately informed as countries\/territories impose and\/or adjust travel restrictions that may affect Filipino travelers,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Various countries have already imposed drastic travel restrictions amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest data from the World Health Organization, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases, globally, have reached 332,930 as of March 23 (10:00 CET).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Non-residents and transit passengers are temporarily barred from entering Hong Kong as part of measures to contain the coronavirus &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":244321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249698,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249697\/revisions\/249698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}