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Masks, which are already widely worn, are now mandatory on public transport in Hong Kong<br>  <br>Hong Kong reimposed social distancing measures on Monday to combat a sudden spike in coronavirus infections, banning more than four people from gathering in public and requiring passengers to wear face masks on public transport or risk a US$650 fine.<br> <br>Some businesses will also be closed and restaurants restricted over when they can serve diners.<br> <br>The finance hub was one of the first places to be struck by the coronavirus when it emerged from central China.<br> <br>The city has had impressive success in tackling the disease with just over 1,400 infections and eight deaths.<br><br>In the last two months, local transmissions had all but ended.<br> <br>However, in the last two weeks a cluster of 180 local infections has emerged and officials believe the disease is spreading undetected in the densely populated city of 7.5 million.<br> <br>On Monday, city leader Carrie Lam announced fresh anti-virus measures.<br> <br>Alongside a ban on more than four people gathering in public, restaurants will only be able to serve takeaway food from 6:00 pm to 5:00 am, however they can still serve those eating in for  [https://minhviettrans.com/dich-vu-thue-xe/ cho thuê xe ô tô] breakfast and lunch.<br> <br>Twelve types of businesses including bars, pubs, gyms, beauty salons, nightclubs and karaoke venues must close.<br> <br>Hong Kongers have widely adopted face masks to deal with the pandemic but on Monday authorities made wearing face coverings on public transport mandatory for the first time.<br> <br>Those who refuse to wear masks face a HK$5,000 ($650) fine.<br> <br>"This is a time for tightening," Lam told reporters, adding the measures would be reviewed every seven days.<br> <br>The [http://www.empowher.com/search/site/announcement announcement] is a new [http://dict.leo.org/?search=body%20blow body blow] to the city's economy, which was already mired in recession before the pandemic hit.<br> <br>Last year Hong Kong was battered by both the increasingly aggressive US-China trade war and seven straight months of huge and often violent pro-democracy protests.<br> <br>Health secretary Sophia Chan said officials were trying to "strike a balance" between social distancing and keeping businesses open.<br> <br>Earlier in the day officials announced a 95-year-old woman had died of coronavirus, the city's eighth victim.<br> <br>Police also said a South Korean man who tested positive for the virus jumped out of a moving minibus as he was being taken to compulsory quarantine.<br> <br>Police later detained the man.<br>
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The Queen could be asked to set an example to the British public by wearing a mask for photographs in order to normalise the face coverings and encourage others to use them.
A government adviser suggested her majesty's endorsement of face masks would see an uptake in their use, thuê xe ô tô giá rẻ tại hà nội as they become mandatory for shoppers across the UK on Friday.
Sir David Attenborough was another influential person marked for the job of mask-wearing role model, reports [ ]
Both are classed as elderly - at 94-years-old - and are therefore in a high risk category if faced with [/news/coronavirus/index.html covid-19].
During lockdown the Queen has not attended public duties and has been staying far from Buckingham Palace, instead hiding out at Windsor Castle with a 'royal bubble' of loyal staff.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth sits next to David Attenborough during the annual Chatham House award in London, Britain November 20, 2019
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Meanwhile the iconic natural historian, Sir Attenborough, is said to be working on his forthcoming BBC One show Perfect Planet from his Richmond home, filming links in his garden.
Data published by The Office of National Statistics at the end of May found that only one third of Britons are regularly wearing a face mask. 
Professor Robert West, of the government's SPI-B behavioural science advisory group, said that the countries favourite role models should be used to promote face mask wearers.
He told [ ]: 'David Attenborough and the Queen, that's who they want.

I'm surprised how little use has been made of role models.' 
From Friday shoppers who fail to wear a mask risk fines of £100 under the plans to stop a second wave of coronavirus.
Doing his part: The natural historian, 94, is said to be recording voice-overs for BBC One's Perfect Planet from a room which he has made sound-proof by taping a duvet to the walls
Only young children or those with certain disabilities will be exempt from the new regulations which come in on Friday, July 24.  
Retailers will be asked to advise customers to wear masks but their staff will not be expected to enforce the law.
Instead, police will be given powers to dish out fines.
The law will require people to wear simple cloth face coverings, rather than the medical grade masks used by front-line NHS workers. 
Since the start of the pandemic The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) have wrestled with contradictory research regarding the effectiveness of face masks - which were made mandatory on public transport at the beginning of June.
They have since come to the conclusion that masks do help to slow transmission, after results from a German study, however the official line remains that masks are 'marginally beneficial' and not classed as PPE in hospitals.  

The move to make masks mandatory in shops may anger those who find them uncomfortable or dislike the idea of state compulsion.
One libertarian Tory MP has already vowed to stop shopping rather than wear a mask.
But Boris Johnson yesterday said they were important in confined spaces as 'a kind of extra insurance'.
A Downing Street spokesman said: 'There is growing evidence that wearing a face covering in an enclosed space helps protect individuals and those around them from coronavirus.' 
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox news" data-version="2" id="mol-8714ab40-c56c-11ea-8cf5-4369a74d1215" website should pose in face masks to help encourage public to wear them