On September 28, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government stated that it would gazette and extend the validity period of most social distancing measures under the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance by 14 days to October 13.
A spokesperson for the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said that the mutational strains of the new coronavirus are highly transmissible, and the vaccination rate of the elderly in Hong Kong is low. Once the fifth wave of the epidemic breaks out, the elderly are at risk of severe illness and death. Extremely high.
Therefore, it is necessary to maintain most of the current social distancing measures.
(Headquarters reporter Jin Dong Zhou Weiqi)