hong kong hong kongs government on friday said it is suspending classes for students through middle school following a rise in coronavirus casesthe semiautonomous chinese territory has reported 1365 cases with seven deathsthe increase in new cases prompted the government to tighten socialdistancing measures kindergarten primary and secondary schools will be closed until further notice according to the education departmentofficials reported 42 new cases on thursday 34 of them locally transmitted most of the new cases were related to known clusters including an elderly home and several restaurantsfrom saturday restaurants will only be allowed to operate at 60 of their seating capacity with a maximum of eight people per table while bars and nightclubs can only have up to four people per tablefitness centers and karaoke bars will be limited to eight patrons at any given time