[Explanation] On December 23, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam held a press conference to announce that the special meeting of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Executive Council that day had formulated new regulations to approve the safety and efficacy of the new crown vaccine for emergency use.

The Executive Council also revised the existing regulations, and the mandatory quarantine period was changed from the current 14 days to no more than 28 days.

At the meeting, Carrie Lam announced the latest progress in vaccine procurement by the SAR government.

　　[Concurrent] Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

　　We have also reached an agreement with the third (pharmaceutical factory) AstraZeneca (AstraZeneca) to purchase it and the University of Oxford to jointly develop vaccines. They are also vaccines that use this non-replicable viral vector technology. It is 7.5 million doses in the same time (pharmaceutical factory).

Therefore, it can be said that the SAR government has now successfully purchased 22.5 million doses of vaccines from three different technology platforms and three pharmaceutical factories.

However, for the sake of prudence, we will follow the original plan to find the fourth vaccine, which also has a (estimated) dose of 7.5 million. We hope that it will eventually double the population of Hong Kong.

　　[Commentary] Regarding the question of whether Hong Kong citizens can choose which vaccine to receive, at the press conference that day, Carrie Lam

　　[Concurrent] Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

　　The second public concern is whether there is a choice for vaccination.

Citizen first, he has the right to know.

I just said that there is a legal right to know.

Therefore, citizens will know, if they walk into this place, this vaccination center or environment, which vaccine they are getting.

Of course, he can also be sure, and decide whether to receive the vaccination now when he knows it.

If a citizen knows that there is no such vaccine in a certain environment at a certain time, he does not plan to vaccinate, then he can choose another time, another environment for vaccination, if it is another vaccine at that time , So that he can get another vaccine, so there is a choice from this level.

　　[Explanation] Carrie Lam introduced that every citizen who vaccinates will receive an electronic version of the "needle card", which will be used as a reference standard for future epidemic prevention measures.

　　[Concurrent] Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

　　We will first allow citizens to have records of their own vaccination and injections after being vaccinated.

This is done electronically, so innovative technology can already implement an electronic system that enriches the electronic system he has done earlier. After this system, citizens will be able to download records on their mobile phones, including the first shot he received the vaccine. It can also use the same system as the record of the second needle to record the record of the negative virus test that the citizen has done.

To put it simply, this is an electronic version of the test and vaccine registration record. With this record, if there are any policy measures, it is related to whether you have an injection and whether you have a test. It also has a basis.

　　Reporter Fan Siyi and Liang Yuan from Hong Kong

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]