The new crown pneumonia vaccination program has been launched for more than half a year. The Secretary for Civil Service, Nie Dequan, announced yesterday (9th) that 21 community vaccination centers will be in operation until the end of the year, except for 5 centers including St. Paul's Hospital and Sanatorium Hospital. Cease operations.
Vaccination centers such as Sanatorium and Hospital are often "full", why should they be closed?
Nie explained today (10th) that the decision is not based on expenditure considerations, but based on the wishes of the operators. In addition, the authorities will "focus on attack" into the community to provide outreach services, so it is necessary to allocate resources more appropriately.
Nie Dequan pointed out in the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums" today that the five centers ceased operations in November because of the wishes of the operators. Although some centers are more popular, they pointed out that the 21 vaccination centers that continue to operate are all over Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories. Very convenient.
He also believes that the majority of the non-elderly groups who go to the vaccination center for injections, and the current vaccination rate of 20 to 60 years old has basically exceeded 70%, so he believes that the demand will fall.
Nie emphasized that in the future, the focus of the authorities is to increase the vaccination rate of the elderly group, and the outreach team will also be dispatched by the vaccination center. Therefore, closing some centers and adjusting the opening hours is "good use of resources."
He pointed out that if the elderly vaccination rate is low, the society as a whole cannot create a barrier, and the social protection barrier is the key to travel and relaxation of social distancing measures.
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As for how to promote the elderly in the future, Nie Dequan explained that many elderly people want to get injections themselves, but they are worried about side effects. Elderly people are also concerned about the convenience, "it is hard to go to far places."
Therefore, in 18 districts, health seminars will be conducted to answer the questions of the elderly, and on-site vaccination will be arranged. The seminars will be arranged in "on foot" places, such as shopping malls and housing estates.
Is the distribution of daily necessities effective after vaccination in shopping malls earlier?
Nie believes that gifts such as white rice will make the overall atmosphere happier, but they must be held by enthusiastic groups.
I was asked about the experts' belief that under the variant virus, the vaccination rate reached 70% and the immune barrier could not be produced.
Nie Dequan emphasized that the 70% vaccination rate is a phased goal. For example, the stronger the protective barrier, the better the conditions for customs clearance and cross-border travel.
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Five vaccination centers including St. Paul's Hospital and Sanatorium Hospital will cease operations in November.
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