Citizens queue up to take COVID-19 vaccines at a vaccination site in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 22, 2022. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai) About 3.38 million people have received their third COVID-19 vaccine dose as of Thursday, accounting for 50 percent of the population aged 12 or above, as...
Pang Ailan, the community vaccination center consultant at the Yuen Wo Road Sports Center, said the center, as the largest of the five centers in Hong Kong, ushered about 1,400 people for the vaccination on Friday. "Thanks to the support of our country, Hong Kong has the determ...
China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region officially launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign with a vaccine developed by Sinovac on Friday. The city will give priority to five categories, including front-line healthcare workers and residents aged 60 and above....
HONG KONG, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced Wednesday that the overall vaccination rate for the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines at residential care homes (RCH) for the elderly and disabled persons has reached 84 percent. The HKSAR gov...
We aimed to investigate the association between COVID-19 vaccination and length of hospital stay in COVID-19 patients during Omicron waves in Hong Kong, and explore potential predictors. Methods This retrospective cohort study was conducted on local patients aged ≥60 years who were admitted due ...
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Lam said in a press conference on Friday that the HKSAR government's goal was to provide free vaccination for the whole population of approximately 7.5 million people in Hong Kong. The purchase volume of vaccines that the HKSAR government aimed at was twice that of Hong Kong's population, whi...
(29 July 2021) Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) today participated in the COVID-19 outreach vaccination service, responding to the Early Vaccination for All campaign launched by the HKSAR government. The Company exercises its corporate and social responsibilities, joining hands with Hong Kong citiz...
A medic holds a vial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine as she prepares to give a vaccination at the Community Vaccination Centre in Hong Kong on February 22, 2021. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) Hong Kong established a monitoring mechanism forCOVID-19vaccinations, including an online ...
The HKSAR government said that multiple vaccination channels will continue to be provided and called on the public who are eligible for receiving the third dose to receive it as soon as possible. "Given the high transmissibility of the Omicron mutant strain, members of the public must still stay...