(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) In the first two weeks of Hong Kong, half-day vaccination places have already been booked

  China News Service, Hong Kong, February 23 (Reporter Zeng Ping) Hong Kong will open appointments for new crown vaccination to five priority groups from the 23rd, and will officially start the vaccination plan on the 26th.

Nie Dequan, Director of the Civil Service Bureau of the Special Administrative Region Government, who is responsible for coordinating Hong Kong's new crown vaccination plan, said on the 23rd that as of 11:45 that day, more than 60,000 people have made appointments to register, accounting for 80% of the quota in the next two weeks.

The picture shows citizens vaccinating Kexing's new crown vaccine at a community vaccination center.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua

  On the 23rd, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government invited about 200 persons belonging to the priority vaccination group to the community vaccination center located in the Hong Kong Central Library Exhibition Hall to receive the new crown vaccine.

When Nie Dequan met with the media after inspecting the site, he said that the invited people include medical staff from the Hospital Authority and the Department of Health, employees of nursing homes, flight attendants, cross-border truck drivers, and personnel who maintain necessary public services. He hopes the public will see They are confident after vaccination, and this arrangement can also familiarize community vaccination centers with their operations.

  Nie Dequan said that from the 26th, the 5 community vaccination centers that can be vaccinated with Kexing vaccine will each have 2500 places per day. The quota will not be used up in the initial stage because it is not hoped that when the second injection is given 28 days later, the citizens cannot be processed on the same day. The need for the first shot.

The number of vaccinations handled by each center will be adjusted according to the actual situation.

He pointed out that knowing that there are still people who want to get vaccinated as soon as possible, the SAR government will implement vaccination arrangements for more than 1,000 private clinics in Hong Kong as soon as possible.

  He mentioned that there were a few problems when the online appointment system was opened. Some places were opened for citizens to vaccinate at the Central Library Exhibition Hall Vaccination Center on the 23rd. About 110 people were present under this condition. Medical staff vaccinated them. Some of them are the elderly and their caregivers.

  As for when the "Fobitai" vaccine developed by Fosun Pharma and German bioNTech will arrive in Hong Kong, Nie Dequan said that it is expected that the vaccine will arrive in Hong Kong in one or two days.

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