{"id":8156,"date":"2020-07-15T22:29:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T22:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8156"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:36:46","slug":"hong-kong-tightens-social-distancing-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-tightens-social-distancing-rules","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong tightens social distancing rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Measures have been tightened after over 300 new Covid-19 cases were reported in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong Kong.- Health authorities have reinstated social distancing measures after a spike in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food and beverage outlets will be restricted to take out after 6pm and face masks will be mandatory on public transport, with fines of HKD5,000 (US$650) for not wearing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public gatherings have been restricted to four people, with large public events being cancelled and the local Disneyworld venue has shut only days after reopening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong Kong authorities said they were reinstating measures because of local circulation of the novel coronavirus. According to ABC News, 300 new cases have been reported since July 6, of which 220 were local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau has begun asking travellers arriving via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge to produce a negative Covid-19 test result no more than seven days old, AGBrief said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new measures would seem to set back the planned <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-macau-health-code-delayed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cheath code\u201d system<\/a><\/em><\/strong> expected to allow travel between Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province without having to go through mandatory quarantine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Measures have been tightened after over 300 new Covid-19 cases were reported in recent days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Hong Kong has reinstated stringent social distancing measures, including F&B restrictions and mandatory mask-wearing, following a surge in local COVID-19 cases. Concurrently, Macau has imposed new testing requirements for arrivals from Hong Kong, significantly delaying the anticipated 'health code' system crucial for unrestricted travel within the Greater Bay Area. These developments pose considerable challenges for the region's gaming and tourism sectors.","focusai_entities":"ABC News, AGBrief, Disneyworld","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Outlook","query":"What is the revised GGR forecast for Macau's gaming vertical, factoring in the extended travel restrictions and the indefinite delay of the Hong Kong-Macau-Guangdong 'health code' system?"},{"label":"Operator Financial Resilience","query":"How are Macau's integrated resort operators assessing their capital expenditure plans and operational expenditure adjustments in light of the prolonged impact on visitation and NGR?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[1619],"class_list":["post-8156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8156"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20080,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions\/20080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}