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Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 10:36
Lam gets vaccinated as HK sees 16 new COVID-19 cases
By Wang Zhan
Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 10:36 By Wang Zhan

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor gets inoculated at the Community Vaccination Centre set up at the Hong Kong Central Library's Exhibition Gallery in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong on Feb 22, 2021. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was inoculated on Monday afternoon with a shot of Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine as the city reported 16 new COVID-19 cases.

Lam was vaccinated at a Community Vaccination Center (CVC) at the Hong Kong Central Library and was followed by high-ranking government officials. Executive Councilors and lawmakers were also expected to follow suit on Monday.

The city's new COVID-19 cases included 13 local infections and three imported cases, the Centre for Health Protection said

Describing the upcoming vaccination program as a silver lining in the city’s pandemic fight, Lam appealed to residents to get inoculated.

"If residents are not confident enough to come forward (to receive jabs) on the basis of false information, the work cannot be done and the expected benefits of the vaccination program cannot materialize,” Lam said.

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“When your turn comes, please register on the internet and come forward to receive your jab as soon as possible. We have procured enough vaccines. We will do all we could to make it easier for residents to receive vaccination.”

There will be four channels for vaccination. Members of the public can get vaccination at 29 CVCs in the 18 districts across the territory, more than 1,500 private clinics, and 18 general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority. Outreach teams will also go to residential care homes for the elderly and homes for persons with disabilities to provide on-site vaccination.

Healthcare staff will provide vaccination services to the public at the CVCs. Among the CVCs, five of them will provide the Sinovac vaccine while 24 of them will provide the Comirnaty vaccine. The CVCs will commence operation in phases, depending on the arrival of the vaccines in Hong Kong, their quantity and the situation of the vaccination.

From Tuesday onwards, people belonging to the priority groups for vaccination can make appointments online to receive the Sinovac vaccine at five CVCs and the 18 general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority starting from February 26. Private doctors participating in the vaccination program will start administering the Sinovac vaccine for the public before mid-March.

Meanwhile, The city's new COVID-19 cases included 13 local infections and three imported cases, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said in a statement.

Four of the latest infections were untraceable while the city' tally of confirmed cases rose to 10,884.

The CHP said the four cases of unknown origin included that of a 66-year-old postnatal care helper who last went to work on Feb 11 before developing symptoms on Friday.

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The other three involved  two retirees – a 76-year-old man who lived at Yee On Centre in Kwun Tong and a 62-year-old man who lived at Wang Toi Shan Wing Ning Lei in Yuen Long – as well as a 41-year-old computer officer who visited his workplace on Feb 11.

The imported cases involved three women from Indonesia, the CHP said.


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