Ban on crowds urged as Hong Kong virus cases hit 410

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HONG KONG (China Daily/ANN): Political advisers and medical experts in Hong Kong on Wednesday (March 25) called for legislation to ban public gatherings to further reduce the worrying spread of the novel coronavirus in the community.

They said the planned alcohol ban would by itself be ineffective in reducing all types of social gatherings. They made these remarks as the city recorded 24 new cases of novel coronavirus infections — mostly returnees from Europe or North America — taking the city’s total to 410.

The occupancy rate of isolation beds has remained at over 50 per cent in recent days. This is despite the authority’s increasing the number of isolation beds from 954 to 1,010. Chuang said people are still coming back from overseas, and it takes some time before they show symptoms and are isolated. Therefore, there is a danger that people could become careless and disregard social distancing. This could result in a major community outbreak, Chuang warned.

 

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