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
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.
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.