Dear Staff and Students,
We would like to share the following message from Department of Health about Updated information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and vaccines.
Health, Safety and Environment Office
Dear Sir/Madam,
Updated information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and vaccines
1. Operation arrangements of Community Vaccination Centres after October
Five CVCs will be closed from November.
The operation of 21 CVCs will be extended to the end of this year. These CVCs will continue to provide the first-dose vaccination services in October and November, and will only provide the second-dose vaccination services in December.
Starting from November 1, the opening hours of the 21 CVCs will be adjusted.
For details, refer to: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/09/P2021090900301.htm
2. Government updates list of places of recognised vaccination records
From 0.00am on September 15, Hong Kong residents who hold vaccination records issued by the relevant authorities of Bangladesh, Nepal or the United Arab Emirates in the prescribed formats can board a flight for Hong Kong from Group A specified places.
The Government has also concluded discussions with the Government of Singapore on the arrangements regarding the recognition of vaccination records.
For details, refer to: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/10/P2021091000556.htm
Points to Note for Quarantine for Inbound Travellers: https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/inbound-travel.html
3. The Government opens Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre for quarantine of foreign domestic helpers
The Government announced that, starting from September 20, a total of 800 units in Phases 1 and 2 of the Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre (PBQC) on Lantau Island will be open for quarantine of foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) who have been fully vaccinated in Group A specified places upon arrival in Hong Kong.
For details, refer to: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/10/P2021091000783.htm
4. Update on monitoring COVID-19 vaccination
As at 8pm on September 5, over 7.84 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered for members of the public. More than 4.24 million people had received at least one dose of vaccine, accounting for 63.0 per cent of the population aged 12 or above. The DH received 5 698 reports of adverse events (0.07 per cent of the total vaccine doses administered). Among the death cases concerning persons who had been vaccinated, including 41 cases with vaccination within 14 days before they passed away (0.0005 per cent of the total vaccine doses administered), none of the death cases was associated with vaccination.
For details, refer to: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/08/P2021090800704.htm
More information on COVID-19 vaccines
We would like to solicit your support to disseminate the information to your colleagues, work associates and/or business partners so that they could adopt proper preventive measures. Thank you very much for your support.
Department of Health
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敬啟者：
2019冠狀病毒病及疫苗的最新資訊
1. 社區疫苗接種中心十月後的運作安排
由十一月開始，有五間社區疫苗接種中心會關閉。
21間社區疫苗接種中心會延長運作至今年底。中心會在十月及十一月繼續提供第一針的接種服務，而十二月則只會提供第二針的疫苗接種服務。
由十一月一日開始，21間社區疫苗接種中心的開放時間會有所調整。
詳情可參閱：https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/09/P2021090900300.htm
2. 政府更新認可疫苗接種紀錄地區名單
由九月十五日凌晨零時起，持有由孟加拉、尼泊爾或阿拉伯聯合酋長國相關主管當局發出並符合指定格式疫苗接種紀錄的香港居民，可從A組指明地區登機來港。有關旅客所接種的疫苗，必須為列於政府「就指明用途認可2019冠狀病毒病疫苗列表」上的疫苗。政府亦已與新加坡政府完成商討認可疫苗接種紀錄的安排。
詳情可參閱：https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/10/P2021091000555.htm
抵港人士的檢疫須知：https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/chi/inbound-travel.html
3. 政府開放竹篙灣檢疫中心供外傭作檢疫用途
政府宣布由九月二十日起開放大嶼山竹篙灣檢疫中心（檢疫中心）第一期及第二期合共800個單位，供在A組指明地區完成疫苗接種後來港的外籍家庭傭工（外傭）作檢疫用途。
詳情可參閱：https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/10/P2021091000779.htm
4. 2019冠狀病毒病疫苗接種監測更新
截至九月五日晚上八時，本港市民合共接種了超過784萬劑新冠疫苗。已接種最少一劑疫苗的巿民超過424萬名，佔全港12歲或以上人口的63.0%。衞生署共接獲5 698宗異常事件報告（佔疫苗接種總劑量的0.07%）。就涉及接種疫苗人士的死亡個案，包括41宗涉及曾經於離世前14日內接種疫苗（佔疫苗接種總劑量的0.0005%），沒有死亡個案顯示與接種疫苗有關聯。
詳情可參閱：https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/08/P2021090800581.htm
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希望你可以將有關資訊與你的同事、合作者及／或業務伙伴分享，讓他們都能採取合適的預防措施。非常感謝你的支持。
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