# Hong Kong banned flights from eight nations as part of strict new virus curbs, with Omicron outbreaks spiralling out of control from Europe to the United States. AFP reports flights from Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Britain and the United States will be banned for the next two weeks. The restrictions are the latest economic blow to a city that has kept cases low but left residents cut off from the rest of the world with tight border controls.