Health minister appeals for people to ‘cancel all the unnecessary outings’. FMTNews HongKong
People wearing face masks eat at a partitioned restaurant in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
But the city had impressive success in tackling the disease, all but ending local transmissions by late June. Earlier this month officials reimposed social distancing measures, shuttering some businesses and reducing dine-in hours. Only eight of the 113 new cases reported on Wednesday were imported, meaning the rest have been contracted locally.
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