Restaurants, gyms, cinemas and more to close from 5 pm today; only take-away food services will still be available.
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Arrangements can only be made by local authorities; first batch of people to be quarantined arrived this morning.
Health workers have followed up on 4,109 people, including 554 close contacts, 279 secondary contacts and 2,496 whose itineraries overlap with positive cases.
Charges for seven days’ compulsory hotel quarantine greater than one month’s wages, but employer declines to foot the bill; 100 police mobilised to contain demonstrators.
Education Bureau stresses that pandemic should not be allowed to affect students’ grades, which should be based on ‘existing achievements and formative assessments’.
Official permission to catch a cab comes with a string of Do’s and Don’ts for both drivers and passengers.
Abattoir staff split into two shifts to avoid 100% quarantine if one person contracts virus; plenty of chilled and frozen meat still available.
Ambassador Paulo Estivallet de Mesquita points to health and tourism industries as two particular areas for growth.
Health director says situation ‘very serious’; three clusters identified; 5,000 people locked down or affected by city’s Red and Yellow Zones; non-tertiary students to end academic year early.