Dear Staff and Students,
We would like to share the following message on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Department of Health about the latest social distancing measures.
Health, Safety and Environment Office
Updated information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
The latest social distancing measures
The Government has been closely monitoring the latest development of the epidemic situation in Hong Kong and has decided to, unless the epidemic situation takes a sudden downturn, issue the new directions and specifications before this Friday to relax social distancing measures in a gradual and orderly manner. These directions and specifications would take effect from 0.00am August 28 and include:
(1) Extend the hours of dine-in services for catering businesses to 9pm and maintain other infection control measures.
(2) Re-open the following scheduled premises:
(a) Cinema,
(b) Beauty parlour,
(c) Some outdoor sports premises for activities involving little physical contact, namely athletic tracks in sports grounds; tennis and practice courts; golf courses; driving ranges and practice greens; bowling greens; shooting ranges; archery ranges; cycling parks; horse riding schools as well as radio-controlled model aircraft flying fields.
(3) Allow people not to wear masks in country parks.
In the meantime, the Government has gazetted amendments to expressly provide that engaging in any strenuous physical activity, including sports activity, in public places (except indoor areas) would be a reasonable excuse for not wearing a mask. The relevant amendment will take effect from August 28.
The Government will continue to closely monitor the development of the epidemic situation, and allow gradual resumption of normal daily lives of members of the public under the new normal, while striking a balance among disease prevention and control, economic needs and level of acceptance of the society.
For more details, please refer to the press release:
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202008/25/P2020082500904.htm
Please visit our Facebook and Thematic Website (https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/index.html) regularly for further information and updates.
We would like to solicit your support to disseminate the information to your colleagues, work associates and/or business partners so that they could adopt proper preventive measures. Thank you very much for your support.
Department of Health
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2019冠狀病毒病的最新資訊
最新社交距離措施
政府正密切留意本港疫情的最新發展，並決定除非疫情出現突發性的逆轉，政府將於本星期五前發出新指示，由八月二十八日零時零分開始生效，逐步有序放寬社交距離措施，包括 –
(1) 延長餐飲業務處所堂食安排至晚上九時正，並維持其他感染控制措施；
(2) 重開以下表列處所 -
(a) 電影院；
(b) 美容院；
(c) 部分涉及較少身體接觸的活動的戶外運動場所，即運動場的跑道、網球場和練習場、高爾夫球場、高爾夫練習場和練習草坪、草地滾球場、射擊場、射箭場、單車公園、騎術學校和無線電控制模型飛機場；及
與此同時，政府已刊憲訂明任何人在指明公眾地方（室內地方除外）進行相當消耗體力的體能活動包括運動，即屬在該處不佩戴口罩的合理辯解，有關修訂將於八月二十八日生效。
政府會一直積極密切留意疫情的最新發展情況，在疫情防控、經濟需要和社會接受程度之間取得平衡，在新常態下逐步讓市民恢復正常生活。
詳情請參閱有關新聞公報：
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202008/25/P2020082500780.htm
請定期留意我們的Facebook及專題網站（https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/chi/index.html），以獲取更多及更新的資訊。
希望你可以將有關資訊與你的同事、合作者及／或業務伙伴分享，讓他們都能採取合適的預防措施。非常感謝你的支持。
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