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Written by: Zheng Cuibi
2021-01-21 18:07
Last update date: 2021-01-21 18:08
The government will arrange for the citizens to be vaccinated against the new crown. Earlier, the government indicated that the priority group would be vaccinated first. Two committees under the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health issued recommendations today (21) to promote "Homes for the Elderly/Persons with Disabilities" Residents and staff in residential homes and other residential facilities" are the first in the priority group, and this category should be vaccinated first; followed by "medical institution personnel and other necessary service personnel with a higher risk of infection, and 60 "Persons aged or above", the third is "Persons aged 16 to 59 with long-term health problems".
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The Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Scientific Committee on New Discoveries and Animal Infectious Diseases under the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health today (21) issued a "tentative consensus recommendation" on the use of the new crown vaccine in Hong Kong. Agreed after a joint meeting held on July 7.
The current recommendations of the committee focus on two vaccines, namely "BNT162b2" supplied by "Fosun/BioNTech" and "AZD1222" supplied by AstraZeneca. The committee believes that both vaccines need to be vaccinated with two doses. This vaccine was injected twice.
For vaccination, priority should be given to the high-risk groups that may experience severe illness or death after contracting the new crown pneumonia; the groups/pairs who have a higher risk of exposure to the new crown virus and transmit the virus to the vulnerable and infirm after infection People who are especially important to maintain the necessary operations of society.
The order of priority groups recommended by the Committee is as follows:
First place: Residents and staff of residential care homes for the elderly / homes for the disabled and other residential facilities;
Second place: medical institution personnel and other necessary service personnel with a higher risk of COVID-19 infection, and persons aged 60 or above; and
Third place: People aged 16 to 59 with long-term health problems.
The government will arrange for citizens to be vaccinated against the new crown.
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The meeting also invited the Chief Executive’s expert advisory group to attend the meeting. The meeting reviewed the latest scientific evidence and clinical features of the epidemiology of the new crown pneumonia, the published clinical data of the new crown vaccine purchased by the government, local data, and the recommendations and recommendations of overseas health authorities. Experience.
Details of the scientific evidence and rationale for the tentative consensus recommendation on the use of the new crown vaccine at the relevant committee meeting have been uploaded to the website of the Centre for Health Protection (English version only).
In response to new data on the safety and efficacy of the third phase of the new crown vaccine clinical test, international scientific progress and local regulatory development, the committee's tentative recommendations will be updated.
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