Vaccine Pass｜Lam Cheng predicts that the application of the elderly without injections will not be accepted, and the vaccination rate will reach 90%

The fifth wave of the epidemic continued. Hong Kong was attacked by the mutated viruses Omicron and Delta. There were 164 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, the highest single-day record since the two-year epidemic.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said this afternoon (27th) that the current epidemic situation in Hong Kong is still severe, and the vaccine bubble will be expanded on a large scale.

In addition, more than 80,000 elderly people living in residential care homes or institutions for the disabled will be vaccinated and vaccinated upon evaluation by doctors and their wishes.

Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed out that at present, it is expected that the target of the first vaccination rate in Hong Kong will be set at 90% as a roadmap, and on this basis, various social distancing measures will be considered.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on January 27 that the vaccination target will be raised to 90%, and the elderly will be urged to get vaccinated.

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Carrie Lam said that the elderly are at the highest risk in the epidemic, and she believes that the elderly will be very serious after being infected. If they are not vaccinated before infection, it will take a long time to enter the hospital. "Crash" encourages the elderly to get vaccinated, saying that they must strengthen protection. Among them, 80,000 people live in residential care homes for the elderly or residential care homes for the disabled. After the doctor evaluates that the elderly are suitable for vaccination, and the elderly themselves are willing to be vaccinated, they will help them vaccinate them .

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Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that the relevant work had been piloted in some residential care homes earlier and believed that the results were good, and hoped that it would be carried out in more than 1,000 residential care homes for the elderly and disabled homes in Hong Kong.

She also predicted that from a certain day, all people who want to apply for admission to residential care homes must be vaccinated before admission. Shelter the receiving channel."

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In addition, Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that the current average number of vaccinations per day is 40,000. As of last night, 78.6% of the citizens received the first dose. If the daily dose is 20,000, it will increase by 0.3%. level.

She said that she hopes to set the first injection target at 90% as the roadmap, and after having this basis, consider adjusting various measures.

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