(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Macau will lower the applicable age of vaccines to 12 years old
China News Service, Macau, June 17 (Reporter Long Tuyou) The Macau Novel Coronavirus Infection Response Coordination Center stated that starting from June 18, the age of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine will be lowered to 1 year according to the instructions of the Chief Executive. People over 12 years old and those of the right age can make appointments for mRNA vaccines through the New Crown Vaccine Reservation System of the Health Bureau from now on.
The Response Coordination Center stated that the places that can be booked for vaccination include Concede Ren General Hospital, the two health centers of Green Island and Taipa Ocean, with a daily quota of about 800.
Persons under the age of 18 can be accompanied by their parents or guardians and sign an informed consent form when undergoing assessment and vaccination, or they can bring a pre-signed informed consent form for vaccination.
Currently, Macau stipulates that the applicable age for mRNA vaccines is 16 years old or above.
As of 4 pm on the 17th, Macau has received a total of 273,738 doses of the new crown vaccine, and a total of 19,1961 people have been vaccinated.
Regarding whether the entry and exit arrangements with neighbouring areas will be relaxed, Liang Yihao, coordinator of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Disease Surveillance Department of the Health Bureau, said that the epidemic in Hong Kong has eased recently and there have been no confirmed cases in Hong Kong for 10 consecutive days, but Hong Kong and Macau should be relaxed. The prerequisite for the entry and exit measures of the region is that there are no local confirmed cases for 14 consecutive days before the next detailed consultation can be carried out; for comments requiring the relaxation of the time limit for a negative nucleic acid test report within 48 hours to travel to and from Guangdong and Macao, the authorities will Maintain close consultation with Guangdong.
Liang Yihao emphasized that even if there are conditions to relax immigration measures in the future, it must be carried out in a gradual manner, including implementation requirements and restrictions on the number of people, etc., which need to be discussed again. There is no specific plan for the time being.
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