During his evidence to MPs, Dominic Cummings laid out the events that led up to the first COVID lockdown on 23 March last year and some of the events after.
Scoot passenger flights barred from entering Hong Kong after two passengers tested COVID-19 positive Toggle share menu
Advertisement
Scoot airplanes on the tarmac at Changi Airport. (File photo: Reuters/Edgar Su)
15 Apr 2021 07:00PM) Share this content
Bookmark
SINGAPORE: Scoot passenger flights departing from Singapore will not be allowed to land in Hong Kong from Friday (Apr 16) to Apr 29, the government of Hong Kong said on Thursday.
The announcement came in a daily press release providing updates and COVID-19 case numbers for the territory.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Thursday s press release stated that a Scoot passenger flight (TR980), arriving from Singapore to Hong Kong on Apr 11, had two passengers who tested positive for COVID-19.
Don t show me this message again✕
Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has claimed the department of health was a “smoking ruin” while trying to run key parts of the UK’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
The coronavirus vaccination programme only succeeded because it was taken away from Matt Hancock’s department, Mr Cummings said as he called for an urgent inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic .
The department’s initial response to the crisis had been an “absolute total disaster”, he said as he gave evidence to MPs.
Mr Cummings, who left Downing Street last year after losing a power struggle at the heart of government, was scathing about what he said were failings in the ability to procure personal protective equipment.