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We would like to share the following message on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Department of Health about Government extends social distancing measures under Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance.
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Health, Safety and Environment Office
Updated information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Government extends social distancing measures under Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance
Taking into account the latest public health risk assessment, starting this Friday (October 16), the Government will maintain all requirements and restrictions applicable to catering business and scheduled premises.
Co-operation and self-discipline of members of the public are the keys to the effectiveness of social distancing measures in preventing the spread of the disease in the community and the public's concerted efforts in fighting the epidemic and compliance with requirements and restrictions applicable to individual premises are of utmost importance. Only with the co-operation of society as a whole can we prevent another outbreak in the community and the hard work that the entire society has put in for the past three months from going in vain.
The Government will continue to closely monitor the development of the epidemic situation and review and adjust the various measures in place from time to time while striking a balance among disease prevention and control, economic needs and level of acceptance of the society, and will announce the latest social distancing measures in a timely manner.
For more details, please refer to the press release and the Annex:
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202010/13/P2020101300690.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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敬啟者：
2019冠狀病毒病的最新資訊
政府延續《預防及控制疾病條例》下的社交距離措施
考慮到最新的公共衞生風險評估，由本星期五（十月十六日）起，政府會維持所有適用於餐飲業務及表列處所的規定及限制。
社交距離措施能否有效防止病毒在社區傳播有賴市民的配合和自律，當中市民同心抗疫、致力遵守適用於個別處所的規定與限制尤為重要。只有在社會整體同心合作下，才能避免疫情再次在社區內爆發，以免市民大眾在過去三個月的努力付諸流水。
政府會繼續密切留意疫情發展，不時檢討及調節已實施的相關措施，在疫情防控、經濟需要和社會接受程度之間取得平衡，並適時公布最新的社交距離措施。
詳情請參閱有關新聞公報及附件：
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202010/13/P2020101300552.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。
衞生署
