To contain the spread of COVID-19, Jiangsu province has suspended 45,371 mahjong and poker lounges, the province's Information Office said on Tuesday.
Zhou Minghao, deputy director of the provincial health commission, said on Tuesday that about 64 percent of the 94 locally transmitted cases reported in Yangzhou involved mahjong enthusiasts, and poker, the rest were their close contacts.
Most of them are senior people age 60 and above. Yangzhou, in the interest of timely epidemic intervention, has offered a reward of up to 10,000 yuan ($1,550) for information that leads to locating people who played mahjong or poker in three lounges where people who have confirmed COVID-19 cases had registered
Anyone reporting a person playing mahjong or poker in the three lounges will be rewarded 5,000 yuan, while an additional 5,000 yuan will be given if the person who is reported is confirmed to be infected with the virus.
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