The Hong Kong SAR Government has decided to close all bars and pubs in Hong Kong, as well as bars and clubs that mainly sell alcohol products or provide alcohol products to customers on-site for a period of 14 days, starting at 6 pm on April 3.
Violation of the provisions constitutes a criminal offence, punishable by a fine of up to HK $ 50,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.
When reporters went to Lan Kwai Fong, a gathering place for bars in Hong Kong, on the evening of the 3rd, they saw that all the bars involved were closed. There were very few pedestrians on the street before the weekend, the shops were closed with lights closed, and there were bars that bar tables, chairs and benches together, separated by chains. open. The bustling streets of the past are now deserted.
Chen Zhaoshi, director of the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said on April 2 that out of 573 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong from March 19 to April 1, 69 cases involved bars and other places, accounting for one of the local infection cases. More than half of them, and some of them have second- and third-generation transmission. They think that bars are a high-risk area for transmitting viruses, so they made this measure. The SAR Government will review the feasibility of relevant measures from time to time in accordance with the development of the epidemic situation and make adjustments in due course.
Reporter Chen Shuo made Bao Kui editor Wu Rui in Hong Kong
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