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A Hong Kong sports medicine expert has warned of risks posed by wearing surgical masks during high-intensity exercise, after the city’s government reopened leisure facilities but insisted that masks still be worn. With the city’s Covid-19 infection numbers easing, sports premises – which had been shut down by the government since January – were on Thursday allowed to reopen. But people using them were told to follow strict rules on social distancing, vaccination and the continued wearing of masks during sporting activities. “If people are performing high-intensity team sports such as football and rugby with their masks on, they must...
