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Hong Kong’s Gathering Ban Stokes Confusion Over Who’s Exempt

Newly-weds enter an empty room due to the government’s new social distancing rule, in Hong Kong on March 29.Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

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By Kiuyan Wong and Daniela Wei

March 31, 2020 at 9:00 PM UTC

Updated on

April 1, 2020 at 1:42 PM UTC

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Hong Kong’s latest measure to stem the coronavirus outbreak is a ban on public gatherings of more than four people. That may seem straightforward enough, but the move is stoking confusion and sparking criticism from the city’s businesses.