The government will provide COVID-19 vaccination services at Shek Lei Community Hall from Thursday to Saturday. Residents in Kwai Tsing District who are over 60 years old will receive a $200 supermarket gift certificate after the first injection.
In response to enquiries today (25th), the government stated that a total of 935 people had received injections in the Shek Lei Community Hall in the past three days.
Some district board members thought that the number was not satisfactory, and many elderly people still resisted injections. They suggested that the government spend more time on publicity and explanations. I believe it will be more effective to increase the vaccination rate.
Another district councillor thinks that nearly 1,000 people have been given injections in three days. They also advocate that the government provide more health consultation services. It is expected that more elderly people are willing to get injections after their doubts are resolved.
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In response to media enquiries earlier, the Kwai Tsing District Office stated that it is understood that the elderly in Kwai Tsing District can receive a $200 supermarket gift certificate after being vaccinated with the new crown vaccine. The number of places is about 6000, as long as the period is from September 1 to October 31. Vaccination with Kexing or Fubitai vaccine is eligible.
The government has also provided vaccination services in the Shek Lei Community Hall in the past three days to facilitate the elders' on-site vaccination.
In response to enquiries today, the government stated that a total of 935 people received injections at the Shek Lei Community Hall between September 23 and 25.
The Kwai Tsing Federation of Industry and Commerce stated on Facebook that it belongs to one of the organizers and uploaded a leaflet of the event.
(Facebook picture of Kwai Tsing Federation of Industry and Commerce)
The District Councillor of Shek Lei North Constituency in Kwai Tsing District, Lam Siu-fai, said that more than 900 people received injections in three days, which is not ideal. According to his knowledge, many elderly people in the district still resist injections.
And he saw in the Shek Lei Community Hall that some of the elders had to wait for injections, especially when there was a special car carrying a group of elders to the scene. However, the crowd was able to digest them quickly, and the number of injections did not reach the upper limit of the vaccination rate.
He said that he and another district councillor held a seminar on injections at the end of August to understand the reasons why the elderly did not want injections, and found that many people refused to get injections because they did not know enough about vaccines, worried that they would not be suitable for injections due to chronic illnesses, and their family members. Vaccination is not recommended. He thinks that the government should spend more time on explaining and educating. In addition to the elderly, they should also include their families so that the public can understand the side effects of the vaccine and whether they are suitable for vaccination.
He continued that the government should also publicize the addresses of private doctors that can give injections, so that the elderly can understand that injections are already available near their homes, and there is no need to make an appointment, which is very convenient.
Kwai Tsing District Councillor Lam Siu-fai pointed out that more than 900 people received injections in three days, which is not ideal. According to his knowledge, many elderly people in the district still resist injections.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Li Yinglin)
Lin Shaohui also revealed that in the past few days, he received inquiries from elderly people in Sham Shui Po and other districts, hoping to know if they could get an injection at the Shek Lei Community Hall to obtain a 200 yuan gift voucher. He bluntly said that although the 200 yuan is very attractive, he is worried that it will be counterproductive. The elders in the district would rather not get the injections now. "Wait until there are 200 mosquitoes in their own district to fight first. If all of them are stuck with the delay, they will keep on delaying. The vaccination rate will not rise. This is a bad precedent."
Kwai Tsing District Councillor Xu Xiaojie believes that when the vaccination service of the Shek Lei Community Hall is limited every day, it is considered good if more than 900 people receive injections in three days.
(Data Picture/Photographed by Lai Nanqiu)
When the district councilor Xu Xiaojie of the district mayor Kang constituency thinks that when the vaccination service of the Shek Lei Community Hall is limited every day, it is considered good that more than 900 people receive injections in three days, but there are still a certain number of elders in the district who have not been vaccinated. .
He believes that it is a good thing to provide monetary incentives such as gift certificates, but if health consultation is provided to the elderly before the injection, it will be more helpful to increase the vaccination rate.
The Home Affairs Department held "Elderly Vaccination Days" in five districts. Activities included health talks and medical consultations. Among them, 290 elderly people participated in Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan districts today. Among them, 159 received immediate injections, accounting for about 55%.
Liang Zichao, a specialist in respiratory medicine, believes that the number of injections is in line with the expectations of the small-scale publicity plan, but it is far from increasing the coverage of high-risk elders before winter begins.
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