(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Carrie Lam: The number of vaccination in Hong Kong has increased significantly, and the total number of vaccination is nearly 3 million doses
China News Service, Hong Kong, June 15 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam said on the 15th that as companies and institutions support the "Quick Vaccine in the City" campaign launched by the SAR government, daily appointments for vaccinations will be made. The number of vaccines and daily vaccination has increased significantly.
As of the evening of June 14, the SAR government has vaccinated nearly 3 million doses of vaccines for citizens. Those who have received the first dose of the vaccine account for about 27% of the eligible population, and those who have received two doses of the vaccine account for about 18% of the eligible population. .
Carrie Lam talked about the recent epidemic prevention work in Hong Kong before attending the executive meeting that day.
She said that compared with the international situation, Hong Kong is not very bad.
Other places with high vaccination rates in the world have begun to plan to relax various measures. It is hoped that the society can gradually return to normal after experiencing the impact of the epidemic for more than one and a half years.
This is also Hong Kong's anti-epidemic goal at this stage.
"So I once again call on everyone to continue to support the vaccination plan." Carrie Lam pointed out that as of the 15th, the total amount of various vaccine awards launched by all walks of life in Hong Kong has increased to 180 million Hong Kong dollars.
She believes that although the number of vaccinations in Hong Kong has increased significantly, it still needs to do better to enable society to build an immune barrier.
A 17-year-old girl and two family members of a 17-year-old girl and two family members were diagnosed with a local community confirmed case of unknown origin and infected with a variant virus earlier in Hong Kong.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that the SAR government has done a lot of follow-up work on this, including sending more than 140 close contacts to quarantine and conducting virus tests on more than 10,000 related people.
She said that she was glad to see that the case with a relatively strong transmission power did not cause other infections in the community after the incubation period of nearly two weeks, describing it as "relatively lucky."
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor believes that it is time to "relax your mind" and carefully examine how the next steps can be taken more accurately in terms of social distancing measures and foreign defense input.
She said that, in principle, there is no objection to the expert's suggestion that people who have been vaccinated for 14 days, tested negative for the virus after arriving in Hong Kong, and have antibodies in the serum can adjust the quarantine period. The SAR government is following up the relevant work.
She also said that the SAR government will review the anti-epidemic work every day, and when the epidemic and public health conditions permit, it will re-promote the “Easy to Hong Kong” program that was suspended earlier due to the outbreak in Guangzhou.
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