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Written by: Lin Jian
2021-01-17 12:31
Last update date: 2021-01-17 12:31
The government expects that the new crown pneumonia vaccination can begin as soon as or after the Lunar New Year.
Among them, the Vaccine Advisory Expert Committee will discuss the new pneumonia vaccine jointly developed by Germany's BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun tomorrow (18th). Xu Shuchang, a member of the committee and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System at CUHK, said that he believes that the chance of vaccinating citizens will be high at the end of February.
Lam Ching-choi, a member of the Executive Council and chairman of the Elderly Affairs Committee, stated on the TV program that he understands the society's concern about the side effects of vaccines. For the elderly group who have priority vaccination, special arrangements will be made to observe their reactions in the short, medium and long term. The elderly are vaccinated in a rigorous way, and everyone is not vaccinated at once, so that side effects can be monitored and everyone can feel at ease.
He said that he is willing to take the lead in vaccination to increase public confidence.
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Refers to the best benefit for the elderly
Lin Zhengcai pointed out that the vaccination plan is quite complicated, and the government team must pay special attention.
Regarding recent reports about the side effects of the BioNTech vaccine and post-vaccination deaths in Norway, he said that the time for the development of the new crown vaccine has been compressed, and the Norwegian case has not been reported in detail, but it is initially known that the elderly in the hospitals involved are very frail Types of.
He pointed out that the advisory expert committee will carefully review all the data to make the public feel at ease, but the public should not be anxious. The most important thing is to see that the vaccine is safe and effective.
The elderly are the priority group under the vaccination plan. Lin Zhengcai said that after reviewing the information, experts have balanced the risk of infection and the risk of side effects after vaccination. He believes that the vaccine will be vaccinated as soon as possible after the vaccine is prepared. It will benefit the elderly in the most rigorous way They are vaccinated, for example, medical staff will come to assess the physical condition of the elderly one by one, observe the clinical response for at least half an hour after the vaccination, etc., and let the elderly be vaccinated in batches.
The elders living in the homes can be assisted by the staff to record the follow-up situation. As for the elders in the community, the government will cooperate with the University of Hong Kong for tracking research and find some "elves" for medium- and long-term investigations.
▼Social distancing measures will continue until January 20▼
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At present, elderly homes cannot be opened for visits. Can the measures be relaxed after the elderly are vaccinated?
Lin Ching-choi said that we must first discuss clearly with the experts, but there are also compassionate arrangements in the Shushe, and will communicate with the industry again.
As for the staff of the institutions, which also belong to the priority group for vaccination, will vaccination be required as a condition for continued work?
Lin Zhengcai mentioned that he is very proud of employees in the industry, saying that even though they are concerned about regular mandatory testing, they are very cooperative overall.
According to preliminary information, many employees in the industry have expressed the hope that they can be vaccinated as soon as possible to better protect the elderly. The specific arrangements need to be discussed with experts.
Lin Zhengcai emphasized that personally, he would recommend that all citizens who are physically fit to get vaccinated, but Hong Kong always follows the principle of voluntary vaccination.
As a member of the guild, he must raise his hand to take the lead in vaccinating. I believe the expert consultants are also happy to vaccinate. They are always the ones who review the data.
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