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Hong Kong will start reopening most public entertainment venues and allow people to go out in groups of up to eight from Friday as the city begins easing social-distancing rules on the back of 16 straight days without a new local coronavirus infection.Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced this week that after more than a month of closures that successfully contained the spread of Covid-19, the time had arrived to relax some measures, while her government also laid out plans to get pupils back into classrooms.

Eight types of establishments allowed to reopen their doors on Friday include fitness centres, gaming arcades, mahjong parlours, amusement and massage centres, beauty salons and cinemas. But they will have to take precautions such as checking people’s temperatures before allowing them in. Cinemas cannot be fully seated and beauty practitioners will need to wear face shields the South China Morning Post reports. Bars will be able to reopen for business as long as they operate at half-capacity, host no live music performances and close dance floors, while seating no more than four people at each table.

Edited by Ian McIntosh