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Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:00   Cannix Yau,Kanis Leung,Denise Tsang

Coronavirus: Hong Kong social-distancing rules will ease on Thursday under ‘vaccine bubble’, subject to staff and customers getting jabs

Hong Kong will ease social-distancing restrictions for food and drink businesses and entertainment venues starting from Thursday, subject to both customers and staff being vaccinated, as authorities try to promote a “vaccine bubble” to accelerate the city’s flagging Covid-19 inoculation drive.Secretary for Food and Health Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee on Tuesday announced the reopening of party rooms, nightclubs, karaoke lounges, bathhouses and bars without restaurant licences, along with the…

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