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Coronavirus

Hong Kong tells 30 families to wear tracking wristband or face jail

Hubei returnees to be quarantined at home for 14 days

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Hong Kong's government has ordered all residents returning from mainland China's Hubei Province -- the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak -- to be quarantined at home and wear tracking wristbands.

Violators will be subject to a fine of 5,000 Hong Kong dollars ($645) and up to six months' jail time, the authorities announced Monday.

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