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HONG KONG: Hong Kong suspended face-to-face classes for lower elementary students after the city’s top health official said that the coronavirus situation in the city was deteriorating rapidly.
Classes for Primary 1 to 3 students will be suspended for two weeks starting Monday (November 23). The suspension comes more than a week after the kindergartens were ordered closed following an outbreak of upper respiratory infections.
Hong Kong confirmed 26 new coronavirus infections on Friday, 21 of which are local cases.
“I would appeal to people to stop all unnecessary gathering activities because the situation is dire now in Hong Kong,” Hong Kong Health Minister Sophia Chan said.
Hong Kong will launch a bubble of air travel with Singapore on Sunday.
Currently, the air travel bubble is still underway, although it could be suspended under the Singapore-Hong Kong deal if the seven-day moving average for unrelated coronavirus infections exceeds five in either city.
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