Updated information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Government extends social distancing measures under Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance and Government sets up website to facilitate public to download electronic testing record
Updated information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Government extends social distancing measures under Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance and Government sets up website to facilitate public to download electronic testing record
The COVID-19 epidemic situation in Hong Kong remains serious. Silent transmission in the community is still active. Although the number of confirmed cases declined slowly in recent days, the speed of decline was clearly slower than that in the former wave of epidemic. The risk of rebound of the epidemic situation has not subsided, and large cluster outbreaks still happened from time to time. The situation is worrying. The Government announced that it will gazette to maintain the social distancing measures currently in place. The directions and specifications will take effect on January 7, 2021 for a period of 14 days till January 20, 2021.
The details of the extended requirements and restrictions are as follows:
(1) The requirements and restrictions applicable to catering business and scheduled premises (details at Annex 1) will be maintained, including the following requirements: from 6pm to 4.59am of the subsequent day, save for specific premises (details at Annex 2), a person responsible for carrying on a catering business must cease selling or supplying food or drink for consumption on the premises of the business; no more than two persons may be seated together at one table within any catering premises; bars or pubs will continue to be closed; and except club-houses and hotels or guesthouses, all scheduled premises regulated under Cap. 599F must be closed.
(2) Unless exempted, the prohibition on group gatherings of more than two persons in public places will continue. The requirement is also applicable to group gatherings in catering business and scheduled premises regulated under Cap. 599F in which the relevant requirements or restrictions are not complied with.
(3) The mandatory mask-wearing requirement under Cap. 599I will be extended.
Moreover, The Government has set up a website (www.evt.gov.hk) to facilitate public downloading of their own electronic testing record through the COVID-19 Electronic Testing Record System (the System). The "Electronic Vaccination Record" will be added to the System at a later stage. By then, the public can download both their COVID-19 electronic testing record and vaccination record after verifying their identity through "iAM Smart".
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