Dear Staff and Students,
We would like to share the following message on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Department of Health about Government continues to relax social distancing measures under Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance 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 under Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance in a gradual and orderly manner
Taking into account the latest assessment of public health risk, starting this Friday (September 18), the Government will further extend the hours when dine-in services are allowed at catering business premises to midnight, and re-open those catering premises and scheduled premises which have not been allowed to open under the last three phases owing to the higher infection risk involved, namely bars or pubs, bathhouses, all places of public entertainment (including theme parks and exhibition venues), party rooms, clubs or nightclubs, karaoke establishments and swimming pools. The Government will also relax the restrictions currently applicable to some scheduled premises, including those concerning wearing of mask and arrangement of groups in fitness centres and sports premises.
The Government will continue to closely monitor the development of the epidemic situation, and consider when and how to further adjust social distancing measures having regard to the latest risk assessment. At this stage, we need the co-operation of members of the public in order to further bring the epidemic under control. To this end, amidst resumption of social and economic activities, we appeal to members of the public to continue to maintain the awareness of epidemic prevention, particularly to stay vigilant and maintain personal and environmental hygiene, in order to prevent the recurrence of epidemic outbreak in the community.
For more details, please refer to the press release and the Annex:
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202009/16/P2020091500937.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
政府繼續逐步有序放寬《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（九月十八日）起，政府會進一步延長餐飲業務處所的堂食時間至午夜，並重開因為涉及較高感染風險因而在過去三個階段未能開放的餐飲處所和表列處所，即酒吧或酒館、浴室、所有公眾娛樂場所（包括主題公園和展覽場所）、派對房間、夜店或夜總會、卡拉OK場所及泳池。政府亦會放寬現時適用於部分表列處所的限制，包括在健身中心及體育處所內就佩戴口罩及小組安排的限制。
政府會繼續密切留意疫情發展，並根據最新的風險評估考慮何時以及如何再調整社交距離措施。現階段我們非常需要市民的充分合作，才有望進一步穩住疫情。為此，我們呼籲市民在恢復社交及經濟活動的同時，繼續保持防疫意識，尤其在保持個人和環境衞生的工作上不要鬆懈，避免疫情再次在社區內爆發。
詳情請參閱有關新聞公報及附件：
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202009/15/P2020091500573.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
