Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor met the press before attending the Executive Council today (11th).
As many as 14 government officials attended the birthday banquet of Hong Weimin, the representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress, last week. At the same time, some attendees were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia, which triggered a political turmoil. .
Carrie Lam is expected to be questioned about the progress of the handling of related incidents and other issues related to the epidemic.
"Hong Kong 01" will be broadcast live.
[10:30] When asked about the progress of the investigation of Hong Weimin's birthday banquet and whether there is any arrangement for punishment, Carrie Lam pointed out that no investigation report has been received at this stage, but stressed that what she appointed the Secretary of the Civil Service Bureau and the Chief Executive's Office to do is not the law The investigation is a disciplinary investigation.
Legal investigations are left to the FEHD.
In addition, she mentioned that according to the latest information, as many as 214 people appeared in the restaurant involved that day, but according to reports, the restaurant may not be enough to accommodate so many people.
In addition, some arrangements, such as checking injection records, may not meet the requirements of Category D restaurants, which is also the direction of the FEHD's investigation.
[10:12] Lin Zheng said that since experts have approved children to be vaccinated with Sinovac vaccine, the government will extend the vaccination to children aged 5 to 11, but from the perspective of risk control, priority will be given to the elderly, and children will be school-oriented. Send outreach teams to schools for injections.
She announced that the whole school's kindergartens and primary schools will suspend face-to-face classes from January 14, and injections will be arranged after classes resume.
Secondary schools are not affected at this stage.
[10:00] Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed out that the government hopes to increase the vaccination rate. It can be seen from the case that people who have not been vaccinated have a higher viral load, and call on citizens who have not been vaccinated to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
She said that since the announcement of the implementation of the vaccine bubble last week, the public's desire for injections has increased, and the number of citizens who have received the first injection has increased significantly. The current first injection rate is 74.7%. , the number of people who received the third injection is more than 20,000. If the number of vaccinations is maintained until February 24, the vaccination rate will increase by 13% to 87.7%, which is close to 90%.
She continued to point out that the government needs to increase the injection capacity. Currently, 1.3 million doses can be administered a month, an increase of 30% from the previous day.
She announced that the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre and the Boundary Street Sports Centre will be opened as community vaccination centers at the end of the month, which means there will be 14 community vaccination centers in Hong Kong by then.
She also pointed out that the Department of Health has been requested to open 15 elderly health centers for vaccination of the elderly, and it is estimated that 2,000 shots can be administered daily.
[09:48] Lin Zheng pointed out that the new host of today's press conference is Nicky Wu. He will be in charge of liaison with the media. I would like to thank Arsene (Yao Jizhuo) for her work in the past four and a half years. I hope everyone will cooperate with Wu Zicong in the future. joy.
Lam Cheng described that since the announcement of stricter social distancing measures on January 5, he described it as "fast and accurate" and must "fight fast" with the virus.
In the past 2 weeks, there have been 2 cases with unidentified source, 1 has a possible source, that is, a saleswoman in a department store, and the other is a tally clerk in a supermarket.
The government is most concerned about cases of unknown origin, which may involve invisible chains of transmission.
[09:45] On the background of the scene, the words "The epidemic is severe and fight against the epidemic together" is written.
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