On March 8, the Director of the Civil Service Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Nie Dequan stated at a press conference that in response to the current supply of the new crown vaccine and the progress of vaccination, the SAR government will expand the scope of priority groups to cover seven categories of employees in the catering industry People at higher risk of exposure and infection.
[Concurrent] Nie Dequan, Director of the Civil Service Bureau of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
In response to the current vaccine supply situation and the progress of vaccination, we will expand the scope of priority groups in accordance with the recommended framework for the vaccination priority order of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Scientific Committee on New Discoveries and Animal Infectious Diseases (Joint Scientific Committee). Including the following seven categories of people with a higher risk of exposure and infection.
These seven categories are the first, catering, markets, supermarkets, convenience store employees and couriers, including take-out food couriers; second, public transportation employees, such as taxis, minibuses, bus drivers, and rail cars Chief, station staff, etc.; third, registered construction workers; fourth, property management personnel, such as security guards, cleaners, and management office staff; fifth, school staff, such as kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, university staff, and support staff such as special School staff, school bus drivers, and car nanny, etc.; sixth, tourism industry practitioners; seventh, staff of the premises listed in Chapter 599F, such as employees of fitness centers and beauty salons.
(Reporter Liang Yuan produced Le Xiaomin)
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