Political situation
Written by: Lin Jian
2021-03-09 10:00
Last update date: 2021-03-09 10:01
The government announced yesterday (8th) that it will expand the priority vaccination group for the new crown, adding 7 groups, and appointments can be made starting today.
The Secretary for Civil Service, Nie Dequan, stated on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums" today (9th) that these priority groups need to provide certificates issued by the company, such as staff IDs.
As for people who are more difficult to provide proof, such as market stall vendors, the government will deal with them leniently.
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Nie Dequan: Vaccine supply is enough to cope
The new priority groups announced by the government are those engaged in the catering industry, workers in markets, supermarkets, convenience stores, and food couriers; public transport workers such as taxis, minibus drivers, railway captains and station employees; Registered construction workers; property security management personnel such as security guards, cleaners, management office staff; school faculty, school bus nanny bus drivers and car nanny; tourism industry practitioners, and listed premises staff belonging to Chapter 599F, covering fitness centers and beauty Hospitals and so on.
Nie Dequan said that the vaccination plan is gradually unfolding, the overall process is smooth, and the current supply of vaccines is still sufficient.
Regarding the newly added priority group, he said that this was because he had visited different vaccination centers for some time in the past, and many citizens wanted to be vaccinated as soon as possible. Therefore, with this arrangement, the feature of the new group is that the nature of work often requires contact with other people.
Nie Dequan said that after the addition of the above priority groups, together with the old priority groups, more than 3 million people have been eligible for priority vaccination, but the current vaccine supply and vaccination points are sufficient to handle it. Of course, some people have been arranged for vaccination. It may be a little later.
When asked how to identify people in these industries, Nie Dequan pointed out that personal data registration is required when making an appointment, and documents are also presented after arriving at the scene. Most of the relevant practitioners have documents such as employee IDs; their companies can also issue certification letters, and the government There are also templates of relevant letters on the vaccination plan webpage.
He said that he understands that some people, such as market stall vendors, will find it more difficult to provide supporting documents, but the government will generally try to deal with it as loosely as possible.
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In recent days, there have been cases of abnormalities and even deaths after being vaccinated with Kexing vaccine. Although the expert committee stated that the two have not been found to be related, they have also attracted public attention.
Nie Dequan said that the public is concerned about serious cases, and the government understands and values that vaccination itself has expected side effects; and as the number of people vaccinated increases, the chances of occurrence of people who have been vaccinated will increase.
However, he said that it is always necessary to scientifically examine whether the case is directly related to the vaccine. In this regard, the expert committee must make a judgment based on the data, and the conclusion will be explained to the public.
When asked if there is a mechanism and objective criteria to stop the vaccination plan, Nie Dequan stated that the overall principle is to see whether the benefits of the overall plan outweigh the risks, and emphasized that it still needs to be reviewed by the expert committee.
As for the lack of clinical data for people over 60 years of age, Nie said that in the past epidemics in Hong Kong, the number of elderly infections and the mortality rate after infection were high, which is different from the situation in other places; Vaccine Advisory Expert Committee After reviewing with the Joint Scientific Committee, they also believe that the benefits of vaccination still outweigh the risks.
He emphasized that there have been adverse reactions to vaccination all over the world, but this is an important way to fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and the Hong Kong government will now clearly explain the precautions and instructions for people with chronic diseases in the vaccination center.
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