Closure set to impact gambling as a large number of gaming machines and tables are located in entertainment venues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Hong Kong.- Gambling in a pub or bar will be strictly forbidden in Hong Kong as the government introduces more lockdown measures to battle Coronavirus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beginning Friday 3rd April from 6pm, the pub and bar closures are the latest in a series of mandatory shut-downs targeting entertainment venues in a broadening effort by the government to help slow the Covid-19 outbreak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new order includes sections of restaurants or club-houses that mainly serve alcohol and where many gambling machines are situated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A government statement said that so far there have been 62 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong that have been linked to local bars, leading to 14 further infections \u2014 including a 40-day-old baby boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new order comes a week after the government extended a 14-day ban on games arcades and other entertainment venues like cinemas and icen rinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Violators of the new lockdown order face six months in prison and a maximum fine of HK$50,000.
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