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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to be put under toughest social-distancing rules yet, with more venue closures, ban on gatherings of over 2 households
- City reports another record-breaking surge of Covid-19 infections as Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces the ramped-up restrictions
- Cap on public gatherings lowered to only two people at a time and ‘vaccine pass’ scheme expanded to cover shopping centres, supermarkets and hair salons
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Key points:
– Cap on public gatherings tightened to two people but families with more than two members exempted, gatherings of more than two households banned even in private places
– Vaccine pass extended to shopping centres, department stores, supermarkets, wet markets, religious places and salons, the latter two to be closed until February 24
– Dining at ‘Type D’ restaurants cut to four people per table, types B and C limited to two per table
– Fine for ignoring mandatory testing doubled to HK$10,000 (US$1,300)
– Anti-epidemic fund to get another HK$26 billion (US$3.3 billion), with Legco approval as early as next Tuesday, those temporarily unemployed will be covered
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