By The SUN
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| The Vaccine Pass system will now be used to screen out those on red or yellow health codes |
The government announced late on Tuesday that the social distancing measures that allow no more than four people to gather in public will be extended for another two weeks, or from Thursday, Aug 11 to Aug 24.
The news followed the
announcement from the Centre for Health Protection that a total of 4,045
Covid-19 cases were recorded over the past 24 hours.
Among the new cases, 3,783 were locally transmitted while the remaining 262 were imported cases.
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Three more related deaths were reported, involving two men and one woman aged 87 to 93 who were unvaccinated. They took the death toll from the fifth wave to 9,337.
The fatalities included a 90-year-old man who tested positive for Covid in a self-test on Aug 2 but was not taken to hospital or referred to a doctor for consultation. He was found unconscious on Aug 5 and was declared dead at the accident and emergency department.
The two other patients were an 87-year-old woman and a 93-year-old man who tested positive for Covid after being taken to hospital, and whose condition deteriorated until they died.
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CHP’s Dr Chuang Shuk-wan said that as of midnight last night all those confirmed to have the coronavirus were given the red health code, which means that those under home isolation would be prevented from going out.
Meanwhile, Hospital Authority’s Dr Gladys Kwan said medical staff are allowed to continue working even if they were holding yellow codes if they tested negative via rapid tests.
But they will be reminded to pay attention to their condition and not go to work if they feel unwell. They will also have to wear protective equipment at work and advised not to talk while eating.
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They will also have to continue to follow government guidelines by taking daily rapid tests and regular PCR tests.
CHP said it received reports of 401 positive cases from 280 schools, involving 330 students and 71 teachers and staff. Eight schools will have to suspend particular classes for a week.
Meanwhile, the government statement said that the gathering restrictions were extended because the total number of patients in hospitals remain at more than 1,000 with no signs of a downward trend.
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Cases involving the highly transmissible BA.4/BA.5 sub-variants are also on the rise.
The measures that will be maintained include allowing all catering and scheduled premises to operate subject to strict compliance with requirements such as using the Vaccine Pass and "LeaveHomeSafe" app.
As before, the number of people who could eat together in restaurants will be limited to eight, and four in bars and pubs. But regular catering venues are allowed to open only until midnight, and the bars, until 2am the next day.
Live shows in catering premises or bars remain off-limits.
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Operators of scheduled premises are also reminded to strictly observe the health code system starting today. Confirmed cases will be given Red Code, and new arrivals from overseas or Taiwan will get the Yellow Code after they test negative during three days of hotel quarantine.
Their vaccine pass QR will display the color they are assigned accordingly.
Premises which require the active checking of the vaccine pass will be off limits to guests given either the red or yellow code. But staff on yellow code will be allowed to work. However, they must strictly observe anti-epidemic measures including mask-wearing.
In addition, persons-in-charge or managers of the premises that are required to use the QR Code Verification Scanner should update their scanner to version 4.4.0 or above as soon as possible before Aug 12.
They should also ensure that they are connected to the Internet during their operating hours no later than Aug 23. (see press release for details).
The existing restrictions on various regulated premises can be found here: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202208/09/P2022080900736.htm
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