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Written by: Golden Chess
2021-06-05 19:02
The last update date: 2021-06-05 19:03
The local vaccination program was launched at the end of February, and today (5th) has reached 100 days. The number of doses in Hong Kong has reached 2.547 million doses. Under the effect of the lucky draw, the number of single-day vaccination doses has risen to 30,000 to 4 Million; 28,918 people received the first injection yesterday (5th), a record high.
However, only 16.4% of Hong Kong people have received two injections. Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao said that an average of 40,000 people have to make appointments for vaccination every day to achieve "herd immunity" by the end of September.
Calculated at this rate, after the closure of community vaccination centers in September, there are still 7 million vaccine doses left in Hong Kong.
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1. The first injection in the community vaccination center on the last 88 days
Hong Kong’s vaccination plan has entered its 100th day. The government began to count down the remaining days for the first dose of vaccine provided by community vaccination centers on the vaccination plan webpage today, leaving 88 days left today.
Regarding the remaining places in community vaccination centers, BioNTech has about 1.936 million places left for vaccines; Kexing vaccines has a remaining 308,000 places. In addition, the public can also receive Kexing vaccines through more than 1,000 private doctors participating in the program. .
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2. There are still 7 million needles remaining in Hong Kong after the vaccine center is closed at the end of September
The government has announced that community vaccination centers will cease operation at the end of September, and according to the government’s announcement at the end of May, community vaccination centers can receive more than 40,000 doses per day.
Assuming that starting from today, an average of 40,000 doses of vaccination per day, plus the 2.547 million doses already vaccinated, it is estimated that Hong Kong will receive a total of 7.267 million doses by the end of September.
The 15 million doses of vaccine that the government has procured so far, or up to 7 million doses of vaccine remaining.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Nie Dequan, said today that the delivery time of Fubitux vaccine to Hong Kong will be adjusted.
3. The total number of single-day injections has risen recently
Thanks to a number of "grain injection" measures by the government and the business community, the number of vaccination doses has increased significantly in recent days.
In terms of vaccination doses, on May 28, Sino Group’s Huang Tingfang Charity Fund and Chinese Real Estate Group announced that they would donate Kwun Tong Kaihui units to the lottery for people who have completed vaccination. The vaccination doses surged by 18% to 42,000 the next day. Agent.
Although the number of inoculation doses dropped to more than 30,000 in the next few days, the number of inoculation doses increased to more than 44,000 as of yesterday.
As of yesterday, the 7-day average of the total doses of vaccination reached 37,288 doses.
In addition, the number of appointments for the new crown vaccine has also increased. According to the number of appointments announced on June 1 and June 2, there are 47,600 and 41,700 respectively.
However, the number fell again in the past one or two days, and the number of appointments announced on June 4 fell to 29,100.
4. Only 16.4% of the population in Hong Kong have received the second dose
In addition, as of yesterday (4th), the population who had received the first dose was approximately 1,471,800, accounting for 22.4% of the total population of Hong Kong.
The population who has received the second dose is 1.0754 million, which is only 16.4% of the total population of Hong Kong.
Even if the second dose of vaccination is completed, it will still take 14 days to get effective protection, which means that less than 16.4% of the population in Hong Kong has been effectively protected since the vaccination program was launched a hundred days ago.
5. 20% of citizens over 60 who have received the first injection
Among the population who have received the first dose, 301,061 people aged 60 or above, accounting for about 20%; lower than the 32% of people under 39 years old.
Liang Zichao pointed out that the most effective way to protect the elderly is to vaccinate the elderly, but it is difficult for young people to vaccinate.
He explained that even after vaccination, it is possible to contract new coronary pneumonia. If it is transmitted to the elderly at home or brought into the hospital, the elderly can still be infected.
He also believes that the elderly vaccination rate is not high. The government's initial risk report failed to clarify misunderstandings, which made many elderly people worried and deterred.
He emphasized that at present, a large number of elderly people around the world have been vaccinated with Kexing and Fubitai vaccine, and there is no sign that it will cause stroke and heart disease.
With the current vaccination status, can herd immunity be achieved now?
Liang Zichao believes that between now and September, there will be 40,000 appointments for vaccination every day in about 100 days, plus those who have already received the first injection, only 5.5 million people, or about 70% of the population, will be vaccinated. the goal.
He suggested that "don't wait until September to start the big draw. There should be regular promotional activities. After the public sees the injection, there will be lucky ones" to increase and maintain the motivation of vaccination.
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Liang Zichao, a specialist in respiratory system.
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