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Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong Free Press
By Hillary Leung and Peter Lee Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced that current social distancing rules will be extended to cover Lunar New Year as the city continues to see a number of Covid-19 infections linked to imported cases. “I am aware that this will let a lot of people down because this is spanning over the Lunar New Year holiday. If people are wishing to have warm family gatherings, I am afraid they will not be able to do so,” Lam said during a press conference on Friday. The evening dine-in ban at restaurants and the closure of venues, including gyms, party rooms an…