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HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - There are few places in the world easier to get a Covid-19 vaccine than Hong Kong.
Shots are free and available to everyone over the age of 16. Bookings are made via an easy-to-use government website and people can be in and out of the 29 vaccination centres dotted throughout the city in 20 minutes.
They even get a choice between two shots - a Chinese-made one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd, or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that s the most effective in the world.
Most people, however, are choosing not to get vaccinated.
According to Bloomberg data, enough doses have been administered to cover 11.6 per cent of a population of 7.5 million since late February.
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There are few places in the world easier to get a Covid-19 vaccine than Hong Kong.
Shots are free and available to everyone over the age of 16. Bookings are made via an easy-to-use government website and people can be in and out of the 29 vaccination centers dotted throughout the city in 20 minutes. They even get a choice between two shots - a Chinese-made one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd., or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine thatâs the most effective in the world.
According to the latest population projections from 2017 to 2066 released by the Census and Statistics Department, the elderly aged 65 or above will constitute 30% of the population within 15 years. The situation of elderly population exceeding 2.5 million is expected to last for 30 years. As the problem of population ageing is getting worse, the government should review existing policies for the elderly as soon as possible, and strengthen community care measures accordingly.
Among various elderly care measures, it is particularly critical to improve the home safety awareness.
A community survey found that as high as 40% of the elderly have experienced accidental falls at home. Falls not only cause physical and mental trauma to them, but it also imposes a heavy financial burden to the society. A study released 10 years ago estimated that the 25 million falls suffered by a 20 million elderly population in China every year incurred direct medical costs of about RMB 5 billion and soci
May 10, 2021
There are few places in the world where it’s easier to get a COVID-19 vaccine than Hong Kong.
Shots are free and available to everyone over the age of 16. Bookings are made via an easy-to-use government website, and people can be in and out of the 29 vaccination centers dotted throughout the city in 20 minutes.
They even get a choice between two shots a Chinese-made one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd., or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that’s the most effective in the world.
Most people, however, are choosing not to get vaccinated.
According to Bloomberg data, enough doses have been administered to cover 11.6% of a population of 7.5 million since late February. That’s behind the U.K., at 39.7%, and Singapore, at 19.4%, where available doses are so in demand that most of the adult population has not yet been granted access. In Hong Kong, so many shots are languishing that the government has warned people some will expire in September.