(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Carrie Lam: The vaccine will confirm the safety before using it and my team will be vaccinated as soon as possible
China News Service, Hong Kong, December 12th. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, posted on social media on the 12th that as the accountability team encouraged everyone to get the flu vaccine, “as long as there is any new crown pneumonia vaccine approved in Hong Kong for emergency Use, my team and I will be vaccinated as soon as possible."
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor stated in the article that the SAR government certainly hopes to vaccinate citizens as soon as possible, but ensuring that the vaccine is safe and effective is a prerequisite. Therefore, the purchased vaccine still needs to complete necessary clinical trials and approval for emergency use before use.
She pointed out that no matter what company the vaccine is from, what technology it uses, or where it is produced, it must be evaluated by experts in a scientific manner based on data and confirmed to be safe before use.
Experts from the World Health Organization pointed out that many countries have “emergency use authorization” arrangements for the new coronary pneumonia vaccine, but the vaccine will only be completed in the third phase of clinical trials, so that the regulatory agency has already obtained data on the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine and confirmed Vaccine production methods and quality control will be used after meeting the requirements, and will continue to be monitored thereafter. Therefore, experts believe that the safety and effectiveness of vaccines will be guaranteed in the current procedures.
As experts have said, there is a lot of inaccurate information about vaccines, and I hope everyone can pass on scientific evidence-based information.
She also revealed that she met with the expert advisory team this morning and then hosted an internal meeting.
The SAR government will set up a task force to coordinate this large-scale vaccination plan as soon as possible to promote follow-up work.
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