Coronavirus: Hong Kong not ready for significant relaxation of social-distancing rules, health minister says; 7 new Covid-19 cases confirmed

Hong Kong’s health minister has said the city is not ready for a major downscaling of social-distancing rules, cautioning against moving too quickly and wiping out its efforts in containing the fourth Covid-19 wave.Secretary for Food and Health Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee insisted on Tuesday that conditions were not right for wholesale changes after announcing a partial easing of restrictions from Thursday to allow swimming pools and beaches to reopen, while cinemas, theme parks and…

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