In Hong Kong, 5.1 million people have received the first dose of the vaccine, accounting for 75.8% of the eligible population, but the vaccination rate of the elderly over 80 years old is less than 30%.
Leung Cheuk-wai, a government expert advisor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, suggested that an "opt-out" approach should be implemented in residential care homes for the elderly. As long as the elderly have been vaccinated against influenza, unless the elderly or their family members object to it by phone or email Get the Covid-19 vaccine.
The government plans to implement the new crown vaccination in primary schools after the Lunar New Year holiday. Leung said that some medical students of the University of Hong Kong have joined the implementation of the "attendance" injection service.
As for whether to promote vaccinations for children aged 3 to 5, he pointed out that resources should be reserved for the elderly to be vaccinated.
▼1.7 The second mobile vaccination station for new crown vaccine was opened in Wong Tai Sin▼
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Liang Zhuowei said that the current daily number of new crown vaccinations has reached more than 40,000 injections, which is encouraging. People over the age of 80 have increased by 6% in just two weeks, and the rate of increase in the vaccination rate of people over the age of 60 has also accelerated. The inoculation capacity should be improved, which means that in the future, children will be given more injections, and the manpower requirements will be larger.
He suggested using the "opt-out" method to increase the vaccination rate of the elderly. Because the elderly in the residential home have already received the flu shot, they are suitable for two types of new crown vaccines. Unless they object by calling or emailing, they should be vaccinated for the elderly. .
He pointed out that in the past, the vaccination rate of flu shots in institutions was over 95%. Look, the more chronically ill you are and the more medicine you take, the higher your risk will be. In fact, you should get an injection.” Unless you are suffering from a disease, your diabetes is uncontrolled, your blood pressure is not suitable, etc., even a flu injection is not suitable. But only very few.
▼On January 4th, there was a long queue at the vaccination center of Guanyong Stadium▼
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As for children between the ages of 5 and 11, he said that the expert committee has approved two vaccines for children, and believes that they should start after the Lunar New Year.
The mortality rate of children infected with the epidemic is very low, only one in about 5,000 to 10,000 people, and only about one adult needs to be hospitalized after infection, and only one of them becomes severe enough to require intubation or intensive care, that is, about every 1,000 people. There are 3 people, but Hong Kong implements a zero-clearing policy. If one person is infected, all classes will be suspended again if there is a chance, so injections are required.
There is an online saying that the composition of the children's version of the Fubitai vaccine is different from that of adults. He clarified that the ingredients are exactly the same, and because they can't buy the children's version in the UK, they only inject one-third of the adult vaccine for children, and there is no problem at all; Because Australia successfully purchased the children's version of the Forbidden vaccine, in order not to cause confusion, it did not use one-third of the dose of the adult vaccine at the same time.
He suggested that, in order to avoid confusion, the team that vaccinates children should focus on serving children. The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is preparing to pilot the “attendance” model to vaccinate students, and 200 medical and nursing students have signed up for assistance.
He also suggested that some community vaccination centers could be changed to only give injections to children, a two-pronged approach.
Some parents hope that young children aged 3 to 5 will be vaccinated. He said that for the time being, the elderly should still be vaccinated. When the elderly are 8 to 9 years old, there will be resources to vaccinate young children.
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