News Forum - Groups of 8 or more dining in Hong Kong required to Covid test

[Thaiger]

A new Covid-19 regulation that came into effect yesterday in Hong Kong is drawing ire from groups of diners and restaurants. The new rule requires all members of any group of eight or more dining in restaurants to present a photo of a negative Covid test taken within 24 hours of dining or a text message confirmation of a negative PCR test within 48-hour. Restaurants are predicting significant losses due to the inconvenience. One restaurant owner complained that he’s expecting losses of 20% after receiving several large group cancellations already, and no longer seeing any groups of more than seven […]

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[Venusianhart]

Kind of karma the CCP busting their own people's chops over Covid. 

So when they gonna clean up their wet markets? Instead of deranged theatre like disinfecting airport runways with quicklime!

[LuckyStrike]

More arbitrary rules for your safety. In the US at my place of work we weren't allowed to use toasters for 2 years. Because SCIENCE.

[riclag]

Solution , just do away with human interaction all together!
People are going to go to restaurants with less or no restrictions  !

[HiuMak]

16 hours ago, Thaiger said:

The new rule requires all members of any group of eight or more dining in restaurants to present a photo of a negative Covid test taken within 24 hours of dining or a text message confirmation of a negative PCR test within 48-hour. 

Do a two table split side by side if you have a party of more than 8

[Cabra]

I was shocked to find that Tichuca in bkk is still requiring ATK test to sit in their skybar to drink overpriced watered down cocktails