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Hong Kong third wave: city’s Covid-19 social-distancing measures set to be extended after recent spike in cases

  • Measures that limit public gatherings to two people and ban restaurant dining-in services between 6pm and 5am will be extended, a source says
  • Rule requiring the wearing of masks in public will also continue beyond Tuesday

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Restaurant dining-in services in Hong Kong are banned between 6pm and 5am. Photo: AP

Social-distancing measures that limit public gatherings in Hong Kong to two people and ban restaurant dining-in services between 6pm and 5am will be extended, sources say, as the city recorded another six Covid-19 deaths – the most in one day – and reported 125 new cases.

The rule requiring the wearing of masks in public would also continue, a government source told the Post on Saturday, the 11th straight day with triple-digit increases in coronavirus cases.

Earlier, the city’s leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, had apologised for the inconvenience caused by a full-day ban on restaurant dine-in services, which lasted just 48 hours.

It is understood Lam held a meeting with the government’s expert panel of four infectious disease specialists on Saturday to discuss the coronavirus situation.

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The social-distancing measures, originally scheduled to run until this Tuesday, would be extended as the city had recently seen more than 100 new cases each day, the source said.

Victor Ting is a reporter who covers Hong Kong health and welfare news at the Post.
Elizabeth Cheung has been reporting on health for the Post's Hong Kong desk since 2014. She covers general medical news, breakthrough medical treatments and research, government policy and hospital blunders. Elizabeth has a master's in development studies.
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