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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2020-12-02 13:54
Last update date: 2020-12-02 13:54
The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues, and news refers to more than 100 new confirmed cases today.
The Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, said when attending the Legislative Council today that the government has set aside funds to order vaccines equivalent to twice the population of Hong Kong. The initial idea is to let all Hong Kong citizens get vaccinated free of charge. At the initial stage, priority will be given to medical care, the elderly, and chronic patients. Inoculation of high-risk groups is expected to involve 3 million people.
Chen quoted WHO information and predicted that large-scale vaccination could only be carried out in the middle and late next year at the earliest.
She emphasized that urgent legislation on vaccines should not be ruled out.
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Chen Zhaoshi said that the scientific committee and expert advisory group of the Center for Health Protection are requesting vaccine data and evaluation from the mainland and overseas new pneumonia vaccine developers.
In response to questions from members of the Legislative Council, Chen stated that the government has set aside funds to order vaccines equivalent to twice the population of Hong Kong, and initially conceived that all Hong Kong citizens would receive free vaccination.
The authorities also plan to give priority to high-risk groups such as medical care, the elderly and chronic patients after the vaccine arrives in Hong Kong, which will involve 3 million people.
Chen emphasized that the epidemic is a public health emergency. The Department of Health and the Pharmacy and Poisons Administration of Hong Kong will give priority to processing registration applications for the new crown vaccine, expedite the approval process and consider taking all necessary measures as necessary, and do not rule out emergency legislation. .
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Chen Zhaoshi continued that according to WHO data, the vaccine will be available within next year, but the supply is limited. It is expected that large-scale vaccination will be available in the middle and late next year at the earliest.
The government has set aside funds to order vaccines for twice the population of Hong Kong. The initial idea is to let all Hong Kong citizens receive free vaccines.
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Some Members are concerned about whether Hong Kong people can get the vaccines that have been tried out in the Mainland, and whether they can be exempted from quarantine and customs clearance after being vaccinated in the Mainland.
Chen Zhaoshi said that the central government has stated that when necessary, it will reserve a certain amount of vaccines developed and produced in the Mainland for Hong Kong. At present, the WHO does not have any scientific basis or guidelines to prove that after the vaccine is injected, the quarantine area can be exempted.
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