Coronavirus: Hong Kong to give struggling businesses ‘more than HK$30 billion’ in financial relief as tally hits 935

Hong Kong businesses struggling to survive the coronavirus crisis will be offered a relief package of more than HK$30 billion to be unveiled on Wednesday, the Post has learned, with a portion helping to cover salaries of workers at risk of losing their jobs. The latest financial lifeline comes as the government plans to keep schools closed until at least the end of May and extend social-distancing rules, according to two sources, in an attempt to contain the contagion that has infected 935 people in the city so far, with 21 new cases recorded on Tuesday.