Hong Kong drops restaurant dining ban after people forced to eat in streets

Move to control spread of coronavirus abandoned after widespread public anger

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Hong Kong's government has reversed a day-old ban on restaurants serving dine-in customers that was introduced to control the spread of coronavirus, following widespread public anger.

All restaurants in the city of 7.5 million were ordered to serve only takeaways from Wednesday as part of a raft of ramped-up social-distancing measures to combat a fresh wave of virus cases.