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Hong Kong looks set to put tens of thousands of its residents in a locked down to contain a new outbreak of the coronavirus, a local newspaper reported on Friday.
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It would be the first such measures city has taken since the pandemic began last year.
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Citing unnamed sources, the South China Morning Post said the new measure will target to district, which cover a small but densely populated part of the city.
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Health authorities first isolated for apartment blocks in the area last Friday, stopping people from entering or leaving those buildings to make sure all residents of quarantined.
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The government will only lift the lock down declaration when it is satisfied everyone in the lock down area has been tested, the paper said.
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Hong Kong has so far reported far fewer infections, another major world cities and just 167 deaths.
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Last week, the city extended work from home arrangements for civil servants.
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Other covered restrictions include a ban on in house dining after six PM on the closure of gyms, sports venues, beauty salons and cinemas.