Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam tightens social distancing measures amid a new spike in Covid-19 cases
A staff member wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease outbreak hands takeaway food to a customer outside a restaurant in Hong Kong, China July 20, 2020.
But the city had impressive success in tackling the disease, all but ending local transmissions by late June. On Sunday, 108 new infections were recorded by health authorities, a daily high for the finance hub, bringing the total to 1,886 cases. She said further social distancing measures would be rolled out if the daily infection rate did not ease in coming days."We can't just make a simple and extreme move to cut everything at once," Lam said.Authorities say testing will be ramped up, targeting high-risk populations such as taxi drivers and restaurant workers after clusters were found within their ranks.
"We haven't adopted that in the last six months because we wanted to maintain a normal life for everyone."HSBC, Standard Chartered and other banks in Hong Kong closed branches or curtailed their working hours after the spike in cases.
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