Hong Kong’s worsening coronavirus crisis and strict social-distancing measures have forced operators to pull the plug on two cinemas in the past four days, with an industry leader warning more closures may be looming.
Many Asian countries are facing a spike in Covid-19 infections after the widely-celebrated Lunar New Year holidays, as health officials grapple with the highly-transmissible omicron variant and expectations that numbers will continue to rise in coming weeks.
Hong Kong coronavirus patients can expect to leave hospital five to seven days earlier following a relaxation of discharge criteria that will free up beds amid a surge in untraceable infections, a government pandemic adviser has said.