Hong Kong, China - July 13, 2020 (HKTVB - No access Chinese mainland/Hong Kong)
1. Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam walking to podium
2. Press briefing in progress
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) (starting with shot 2):
"We are tightening the anti-epidemic measures on two aspects. The first is to tighten the border control and regulation. For cross-border means of transportation, including aircraft or ships, there will be a new requirement that for passengers who have stayed in some designated regions with a relatively high risk in the past 14 days, regardless of whether or not the boarding location is a high-risk area or a transit hub, they will have to present a certificate showing negative results in nucleic acid test before boarding. Otherwise, sanctions will be imposed on the relevant airline."

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4. Various of pedestrians

Hong Kong, China - July 13, 2020 (HKTVB - No access Chinese mainland/Hong Kong)
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) (starting with shot 4/partially overlaid with shot 6):
"But this time the main measures are about keeping social distancing. There are several points thereon. First, 12 kinds of premises (such as fitness rooms and game centers) will be suspended from business operation for seven days at first and then we will conduct reassessment."
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6. Press briefing in progress
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7. Various of diners at restaurant

Hong Kong, China - July 13, 2020 (HKTVB - No access Chinese mainland/Hong Kong)
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR):
"Last week we announced that restaurants should open under half of their capacity and can serve each of their dining table with a maximum of four customers. Today we have proposed a new rule, which will take effect later on. Under this new rule, the catering industry, from 18:00 to 05:00 every day, cannot operate any eat-in service and can instead only offer takeaway service."

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9. Various of Victoria Harbor

Hong Kong decided on Monday to tighten anti-epidemic measures again, such as mandatory mask-wearing and closures of entertainment venues, as a record number of local COVID-19 cases were reported after loosening of such policies.

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam announced the decision Monday evening at a press conference, hours after the Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 41 new local infections, a new high since the COVID-19 outbreak.

Border control will become stricter to prevent imported cases, said Lam.

"We are tightening the anti-epidemic measures on two aspects. The first is to tighten the border control and regulation. For cross-border means of transportation, including aircraft or ships, there will be a new requirement that for passengers who have stayed in some designated regions with a relatively high risk in the past 14 days, regardless of whether or not the boarding location is a high-risk area or a transit hub, they will have to present a certificate showing negative results in nucleic acid test before boarding. Otherwise, sanctions will be imposed on the relevant airline," said Lam.

Hong Kong will also tighten regulations on social distancing, announced the chief executive.

"But this time the main measures are about keeping social distancing. There are several points thereon. First, 12 kinds of premises (such as fitness rooms and game centers) will be suspended from business operation for seven days at first and then we will conduct reassessment," said Lam.

"Last week we announced that restaurants should open under half of their capacity and can serve each of their dining table with a maximum of four customers. Today we have proposed a new rule, which will take effect later on. Under this new rule, the catering industry, from 18:00 to 05:00 every day, cannot operate any eat-in service and can instead only offer takeaway service," said Lam.

Hong Kong will introduce a new regulation that makes it mandatory for passengers to wear face masks in public transport facilities including taxis and buses since Wednesday.

Hong Kong witnessed a resurgence of COVID-19 cases over the past weeks after some control and preventive measures were eased to revive the economy and let residents resume normal lives.

At a press conference on earlier Monday, Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the CHP's Communicable Disease Branch, said the epidemic situation was grave as cases with unknown sources increased every day and warned that there may be more such cases in the community.

Of the new local infections on Monday, the transmission chains of 20 cases were still unclear and 21 cases were related to patients diagnosed previously. Taking account of 11 imported cases, the COVID-19 tally in Hong Kong rose to 1,521.

The CHP noted that numerous new cases were related to restaurants and thus urged residents to avoid meal gatherings and keep social distancing.