Dear Staff and Students,
We would like to share the following message on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Department of Health about the Government continues to relax social distancing measures in a gradual and orderly manner.
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Health, Safety and Environment Office
Updated information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Government continues to relax social distancing measures in a gradual and orderly manner
Following the first phase of relaxation last week to extend the dine-in service hours for catering businesses and re-open some of the scheduled premises, the Government has decided to, starting from this Friday (September 4), further extend the dine-in service hours and re-open more scheduled premises including fitness centres, some of the places of amusement, club-houses (except for those premises and facilities that must remain closed under Cap. 599F), massage establishments as well as indoor and outdoor sports premises for activities involving little physical contact in order to resume more social and economic activities and provide more opportunities for the general public to exercise to maintain physical and mental health so that the public will be fit to continue to combat the epidemic.
The Government expects within a short period in the near future, having regard to the latest development of the epidemic situation and the outcome of the Universal Community Testing Programme, that it may continue to allow gradual resumption of normal daily lives of members of the public under the new normal by resuming more social and economic activities of which the infection risks can be considerably reduced through enhanced prevention and control measures, 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 and the Annex:
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202009/02/P2020090200757.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
敬啟者：
2019冠狀病毒病的最新資訊
政府繼續逐步有序放寬社交距離措施
繼上星期首階段延長餐飲業務處所堂食時間，以及重開部分表列處所後，為恢復更多社交及經濟活動，及讓市民大眾有更多運動的機會，以保障身心健康，讓大眾有強健的體魄繼續應對疫情，政府決定於星期五（九月四日）起進一步延長餐飲業務處所堂食時間，以及重開更多表列處所，包括健身中心、部分遊樂場所、會址（除在第599F章下需繼續關閉的處所及設施外）、按摩院及部分涉及較少身體接觸活動的室內及戶外運動場所。
政府期望在未來一段短時間內，因應疫情的最新發展，以及普及社區檢測計劃的結果，可在疫情防控、經濟需要和社會接受程度之間取得平衡，繼續逐步容許更多可透過加強預防及控制感染措施大幅減少感染機會的社交及經濟活動，在新常態下讓市民恢復正常生活。
詳情請參閱有關新聞公報及附件：
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202009/02/P2020090200433.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
