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Market vendors are among the 1.3 million people who will get vaccinated next |
Three were imported, including a 36-year-old Filipina domestic helper who tested positive at the airport. She was asymptomatic.
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Two others were returnees, a 1-year-old baby boy from
Among the local cases, four were of unknown sources, including a 36-year-old security guard in Yuen Long, a 48-year-old waitress from Sham Shui Po, a 41-year-old housewife from Tsim Sha Tsui, and a 35-year-old project coordination in Fanling.
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All of them developed symptoms, such as fever, chills, blocked nose or cough.
They brought
Nip says there's more than enough jabs for everyone |
Meanwhile, about 1.3 million more people from various sectors will be able to book for their Covid-19 vaccines starting Tuesday, after being given priority status by the government.
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Secretary for Civil Service Patrick Nip, who is in charge of the vaccination program, said the new priority group includes teachers, public transport drivers, restaurant staff, couriers, construction workers and people working in gyms, beauty parlors and wet markets.
First priority was given to elderly residents aged 60 and above, as well as healthcare workers.
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Nip said the government decided to expand the priority list because there are enough vaccines and these workers are also at high risk of contracting Covid-19.
Yesterday, the second batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines
arrived, bringing to one million the number of doses of already supplied to
Another million doses of the Sinovac vaccine procured by the
A third vaccine from AstraZeneca/Oxford University is expected to arrive by the middle of this year.
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