HONG KONG: Hong Kong started to implement a new measure on Friday (April 4) to temporarily close bars and other liquor-selling premises, as the total number of confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases increased to 845.
The new measure, taking effect for 14 days starting from 6pm local time on Friday, is applicable to bars, pubs and other premises exclusively or mainly used to sell liquors for on-site consumption.
At a daily press briefing on Friday afternoon, HKSAR government's Under Secretary for Food and Health Chui Tak-yi reiterated that the measures aim to reduce social contact and remind members of the public to reduce going out and having gatherings. The new cases involve 20 females and 23 males aged between 16 and 60 years old, Head of the CHP's Communicable Disease Branch Chuang Shuk-kwan said at the briefing.
Among the remaining nine patients, four are close contacts of previously diagnosed patients in clustered outbreaks in bars, two have been to bars, while source of the disease of the other three is not clear yet, Chuang said.
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