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Nie Dequan: BioNTech vaccine will arrive in Hong Kong tomorrow, involving hundreds of thousands of doses, and appointments will be open for the third week

2021-02-24T03:40:16.760Z


The government launched the new crown pneumonia vaccination plan. The Secretary for Civil Service Nie Dequan, who is responsible for coordinating the vaccination work, attended the "Millennium" of Hong Kong and Taiwan today (24) and said that more than 70,000 citizens have used the Internet


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2021-02-24 09:09

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The government launched the new crown pneumonia vaccination plan. The Secretary for Civil Service, Nie Dequan, who is responsible for coordinating the vaccination work, attended the Hong Kong and Taiwan "Millennium" today (24) and said that more than 70,000 citizens have made appointments online and understand that the system has "Traffic jams" are improving the online system. I believe that appointments for the third week can be opened in the next few days.

In addition, 1,500 private clinics will provide Kexing vaccines in the middle of next week. Nie pointed out that members of the public do not need to make an appointment online, hoping to make a triage. "The information will be posted on a special website and the public can get vaccinations from familiar doctors."

As for the first batch of BioNTech/Fosun vaccines, which are expected to arrive in Hong Kong tomorrow, involving hundreds of thousands of doses instead of the 1 million doses mentioned earlier, Nie Dequan revealed that they will be delivered to the center of the Hospital Authority first.

On February 23, citizens were vaccinated with Kexingxin crown vaccine at the Central Library Vaccination Center.

▼See the details of the scheduled vaccination and side effects of Kexing and BioNTech in 3 pictures▼

Nie Dequan pointed out that a total of 532 people were vaccinated yesterday, including 214 people in the priority group who were arranged, and another 318 people who made appointments online because of the government's "Oolong". At the Central Library's vaccination center, medical staff help them get vaccinated."

Based on 15 injection stations, about 2,000 citizens can be vaccinated every day

The online appointment system is open for appointments for the next two weeks, but all appointments were full in one day yesterday.

Nie Dequan bluntly said that he understands that the system has "traffic congestion", and that the information technology department is improving the online system, and believes that appointments for the third week can be opened in the next few days.

He said that if the 15 injection stations of the vaccination center are calculated, about 2,000 citizens can be vaccinated every day. However, since the plan has just begun, I want to make the operation and process more stable, so the quota is temporarily limited. Will speed up the process.

On February 23, Nie Dequan, Director of the Civil Service Bureau, visited the Central Library Vaccination Center.

1,000 private doctors will join the vaccination program in the middle of next week. Citizens can vaccinate from familiar doctors.




In addition, 1,000 private doctors and more than 1,500 clinics will join the vaccination program in the middle of next week. The government will upload doctors' information and clinic locations on the special webpage. Since the public does not need to make an appointment online, Nie Dequan believes that it can be used as a triage. "The information will be put on a special website and the public can get vaccinations from familiar doctors."

As for the first batch of BioNTech vaccines expected to arrive in Hong Kong tomorrow, involving hundreds of thousands of doses, Nie Dequan revealed that it will be delivered to the center of the Hospital Authority first.



After vaccination, the committee will study whether it is related to the vaccine

Kong Fanyi, the co-convener of the Expert Committee on Evaluation of Clinical Events of New Coronary Vaccines and a clinical professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, said on the same program that citizens will receive information after vaccination, and there are guidelines for seeking medical advice if they are untimely.

He said that the internal medicine and emergency departments of public hospitals, private hospitals, and even private clinics will also report public discomforts to the Department of Health.

The committee studies whether the discomfort is related to the vaccine, including based on baseline data, expert clinical evaluation and literature data, to understand whether the abnormal situation is caused by the vaccine.

But when asked if the citizens did not actively declare their health conditions before vaccination, who should be responsible if they feel unwell?

Kong Fanyi did not respond positively, saying only that there will be nurses to conduct health assessments for citizens before vaccination.

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