Not yet time to loosen dining-in clamps, Ho Pak-leung saysConditions are not suitable for relaxing dining-in restrictions, an adviser to the government on the coronavirus epidemic said. Dr Ho Pak-leung, the head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre For Infection, said the flow of people and the time spent in restaurants differs at lunchtime and dinner. From the time the dine-in ban was imposed, the number of virus infected patients related to the catering industry has dropped and even stopped, proving the effectiveness of the measure. Ho told a radio program that easing the ban depends on effective implementation of the restrictions. Ho also noted that many cha chaan tengs have not switched to electronic transactions, still using cash instead.

Source: The Standard August 17, 2020 06:45 UTC