Hong Kong Arts Festival cancels most in-venue performances, postpones others with venues shut and Covid-19 cases surging

The 50th Hong Kong Arts Festival has cancelled most of its in-venue performances.Organisers of the festival, which opens on February 28, made an early decision after the number of Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong rose sharply following the Lunar New Year holiday.New infections rose above 1,000 per day this week, and experts have forecast there will be 28,000 new infections per day by the end of March. The closure of performance venues, announced to curb the spread of Covid-19, has been extended…

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