'Larger Care Homes First Targets For Vaccination'

Executive Councillor Lam Ching-choi revealed on Saturday that elderly residents from 10 larger scale care homes will be among the first groups of people to receive coronavirus inoculations.

Lam, who’s also a member of the government’s vaccination programme task force, said the care homes to be selected for the pilot vaccination programme will also have to be conveniently located for transportation.

But the inoculation efforts will only start about half a month after the government completed quality checks on the vaccines, according to Lam.

He said the authorities are aiming to first vaccinate elderly people who are relatively healthy and without mobility problems.

He added the government will require those participating in the scheme, as well as their families, to sign consent forms.

The advisory task force on vaccination will review the outcome of the pilot scheme before deciding whether to allow visiting to resume at those care homes, as well as refine the arrangements for the inoculation programme.