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HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Hong Kong will complete an electronic reservation system for Covid-19 vaccine inoculations this month and is in talks with other countries to allow the records to be used for travel, local media reported, including Hong Kong. Kong Economic Times.
The electronic registration system will record when and what type of vaccine a person has received and remind the user when to receive a second injection, said Secretary of Innovation and Technology Alfred Sit in a radio interview.
Hong Kong has already reached agreements with Pfizer-BioNTech SE, AstraZeneca and Sinovac Biotech of China to purchase 22.5 million potential doses of vaccines and is seeking 7.5 million more. The government has said residents will be able to choose which type they will receive, although details have yet to be announced.
The Hong Kong government has appointed a committee to approve the emergency use of the vaccines, Executive Director Carrie Lam said last week, indicating the city is getting closer to licensing the candidates.
Separately, Radio Television Hong Kong reported on Saturday that Dr. Tony Ko, executive director of the city’s Hospital Authority, said the organization is considering periodic testing of all its medical staff for the coronavirus.
Hong Kong does not require all residents to test for the virus, but has issued mandatory test orders to tenants of 44 buildings where cases have been found in the past 14 days.
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