The Hong Kong government has ordered a two-week closure of pubs and bars from Friday, in a drastic escalation of social-distancing rules which will mothball about 1,200 businesses.The shutdown targeting all premises exclusively or mainly used for the sale of alcohol was unveiled after 37 new infections on Thursday took the city’s total to 802 and amid a warning that existing curbs against the spread of Covid-19 were likely to last longer than planned.Those who break the new emergency measure…
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