Hong Kong’s decision to lengthen its isolation requirement on people coming from Macau follows the SAR reporting 118 new cases on Wednesday, bringing its total to 2,250. The disease has been cited for 15 deaths. But Hong Kong officials this week dispelled rumors that the region was considering a lockdown.<\/p>\n
\nIn view of the severity of the epidemic situation, we should fight the disease together. Members of the public should not be misled by fake news, nor should they spread any rumor that can lead to unnecessary fear,” a statement from the Hong Kong SAR office detailed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Macau’s number of coronavirus cases remains unchanged at 46, with no deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hong Kong has extended its mandatory 14-day quarantine on anyone arriving to the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR) from Macau. Hong Kong and Macau are the only two SARs in the People’s Republic of China. Originally slated to end August 7, Hong Kong now says people arriving through September 7 from the world’s richest gambling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":142628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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