Hong Kong’s New Virus Rules Impose $645 Fine for No Mask
- Tracing is a challenge as more cases are of unknown origin
- Hong Kong Disneyland will be closed again as part of clampdown
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Hong Kong ordered gyms and bars to close for a week, restored strict limits on public gatherings and introduced fines for anyone refusing to wear a mask on public transport in a fresh bid to prevent the resurgent coronavirus from spiraling out of control.
The tougher measures, to take effect Wednesday, include drastically limiting the number of people gathering in public back to four, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in a press conference on Monday. The limit had just been raised to 50 in mid-June. The city also confirmed its eighth coronavirus death.