For more than a year of fighting the epidemic, Hong Kong citizens finally waited for this exciting good news!
The Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong, Chen Zhaoshi, today (February 18) approved the new crown vaccine of Kexing Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (Kingxing) under the Prevention and Control of Diseases (Use of Vaccines) Regulations (Chapter 599K) For emergency use in Hong Kong.
This means that the domestically produced Kexing vaccine can finally be vaccinated in Hong Kong!
At present, in addition to large-scale and widespread vaccination in mainland China, such as Beijing, Guangdong and other provinces and cities, Kexing vaccine is also being used in Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, and Chile. Wait for overseas countries to carry out large-scale vaccination.
Even Indonesia President Joko Widodo was in Jakarta, Indonesia on the morning of January 27th, local time The Presidential Palace received a second dose of the new crown pneumonia vaccine from China Kexing Company. After the vaccination, he said that he was not sick.
The first vaccinate to be vaccinated when arriving in Hong Kong
Kexing stated that on the 17th, had stored 1 million doses of vaccine in 6 incubators. The cold storage in Daxing District of Beijing will be transported to the Capital International Airport. It is expected to be transported to Hong Kong by Cathay Pacific’s aircraft on the 19th.
If there is no delay, the estimated time of arrival in Hong Kong is about 5:30 pm on the 19th.
Nie Dequan, the director of the Civil Service Bureau, who is responsible for coordinating the vaccination work, said that will start the vaccination plan on February 23 and accept appointments, in February On the 26th, vaccinate citizens belonging to the priority group.
In addition to Kexing, there will be 1 million doses of Fosun/BioNTech’s Fubitai will also arrive in Hong Kong by the end of February.
As the vaccines arrive in Hong Kong in batches, the Hong Kong government needs to arrange vaccination according to priority groups.
The following 5 groups will be listed as priority vaccination groups↓
There are 4 ways of vaccination, the details are as follows:
Nie Dequan mentioned that Among 29 vaccination centers, 24 will receive the BioNTech vaccine, 5 will receive the Kexing vaccine, and each center Only one vaccine will be provided.
In order to enhance public confidence, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on social media platforms today (18th) that the SAR government has just announced the vaccination plan to be launched next week, It marks that Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic work will enter a new milestone.
And she herself will, as publicly stated earlier, vaccinate the first domestically-made new crown vaccine that has arrived in Hong Kong and is approved for emergency use.
In case of accidental vaccination, 3 million compensation will be paid
In order to give the public an extra layer of protection, the Hong Kong Government earlier indicated that it would set up a protection fund.
The Food and Health Bureau submits a document to the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council, It is recommended to allocate 1 billion Hong Kong dollars for citizens who have experienced abnormal incidents after vaccination Make compensation. The funding will be reviewed at the Finance Committee meeting next Friday (26th).
The guarantee fund covers guarantees provided to manufacturers under bilateral purchase agreements and financial assistance for those who have unexpected serious and abnormal events after being vaccinated with the new crown vaccine and can provide relevant certificates.
If the deceased is under 40 years old, it is 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and over 40 years old is 2 million Hong Kong dollars; injured persons under 40 years old can receive up to 3 million Hong Kong dollars in compensation, and over 40 years old can receive up to 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars in compensation.
In the event of a vaccine accident, the government will tell the truth, but this does not mean that the vaccine is unsafe. In fact, all vaccines that can be approved by Hong Kong have taken a lot of effort!
Coronavirus vaccine planned by the government:
① A vaccine using inactivated virus as a technology platform-Kexing Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
② Vaccine using messenger ribonucleic acid as the technology platform-Fosun Pharma and German pharmaceutical company BioNTech
③ Viral vector vaccine-AstraZeneca and Oxford University
In order to enhance the transparency of vaccine information, the advisory expert committee’s professional recommendations on vaccines will be made available to the public, and the relevant documents will be uploaded to the Food and Health Bureau website later.
Vaccination against the epidemic is the top priority of the anti-epidemic measures. Nie Dequan said: The Scientific Committee will discuss the quarantine and cross-border measures after vaccination. Arrangements for outbound travel and customs clearance.
There are 4 major benefits of vaccination, namely:
Protect yourself, protect your family and friends, reduce the chance of an outbreak in the community, and let Hong Kong as a whole society get out of the epidemic as soon as possible.
source | Orange News, Sing Tao, Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong Government News Network, etc.
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