a travel bubble with Singapore<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the authorities in Hong Kong have taken the decision to return to the strictest level of measures seen at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhile measures throughout the year helped to keep infections to just over 6,000 in a city of 7.5 million, with only 109 deaths, daily cases have risen above 100 in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The city\u2019s 170,000 civil servants will work from home unless their job is considered essential and private businesses have been asked to follow suit where possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Public gatherings will be reduced to a maximum of two people, down from four, with restaurants able to serve a maximum of two people per table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schools, bars and nightclubs had already been ordered to close but the new restrictions now include most other entertainment venues, such as karaoke rooms, amusement parks and mahjong parlours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gyms and beauty parlours can remain open but with stricter limits on people per venue or class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief executive Carrie Lam said in a press conference: \u201cThis new wave of Covid-19 has hit Hong Kong very quickly”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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