Hong Kong has enacted social distancing measures to contain a cluster of Covid-19 cases. Public gatherings are now capped at four people, restaurants forced to offer take-out only during evening hours, and facilities including gyms and mah-jong parlours closed for seven days. FRANCE 24 correspondent Oliver Farry says Hong Kong was able to successfully contain the initial spread of the virus, with just over 1400 infections in total, and 8 deaths.

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