Walk-in Jabs Expanded To Those Aged 60 And Above
"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("
"); jQuery(document).ready(function() { jwplayer.key='EKOtdBrvhiKxeOU807UIF56TaHWapYjKnFiG7ipl3gw='; var playerInstance = jwplayer("jquery_jwplayer_1"); playerInstance.setup({ file: "https://newsstatic.rthk.hk/audios/mfile_1605028_1_20210809180212.mp3", skin: { url: location.href.split('/', 4).join('/') + '/jwplayer/skin/rthk/five.css', name: 'five' }, hlshtml: true, width: "100%", height: 30, wmode: 'transparent', primary: navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Trident")>-1 ? "flash" : "html5", events: { onPlay: function(event) { dcsMultiTrack('DCS.dcsuri', 'https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1605028-20210809.mp3', 'WT.ti', ' Audio at newsfeed', 'WT.cg_n', '#rthknews', 'WT.cg_s', 'Multimedia','WT.es','https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1605028-20210809.htm', 'DCS.dcsqry', '' ); } } }); }); });
2021-08-09 HKT 15:19
Share this story
The government will on Wednesday expand walk-in vaccination services to cover people aged 60 and above.
At present, people who are 70 or older can get a same-day ticket to get a Covid-19 jab without having to make an online reservation in advance, and authorities say they have decided to expand the scheme since it has been working smoothly.
A total of 4,600 same-day tickets are distributed daily from 7.45am between 24 community vaccine centres on a first-come, first-served basis.
Most centres distribute 200 tickets per day, while those at the Tung Chung Community Hall and the airport only give out 100 passes a day due to limited capacity.
In a statement, authorities urged elderly people to get vaccinated as they are at a higher risk of suffering from complications from Covid, and even death.
Separately, health officials reported two new imported coronavirus cases on Monday.
One of them involved a seven-month-old baby girl who arrived from Russia.
The other patient was a 39-year-old man who travelled from Romania. He had received doses of the BioNTech vaccine in April and May.
Airwallex Yield Service Goes Live In Hong Kong
Airwallex has officially launched Airwallex Yield in Hong Kong on 18 June 2025, which it advertises to offer businesses... Read more
Alipay And Rokid Launch AR Glasses Payment Function For In-Store Payments In China
Rokid has launched its latest augmented reality device, Rokid Glasses. In China, the Rokid AR payment glasses support i... Read more
InvestHKs Gulf Cooperation Council Fintech Visit Spurs Strategic Partnerships
Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) reinforced its role as a global business hub through a strategic visit to the Gulf Cooperat... Read more
Can Crypto Firms Catch Up On Compliance Gaps As Regulations Evolve?
As crypto adoption accelerates, regulators are ramping up enforcement of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Tra... Read more
OneDegree Eyes Global Growth With Middle East, Europe And Africa Next
Hong Kong virtual insurer OneDegree has made significant progress in the Middle East, securing 20 contracts since enter... Read more
IFAST Introduces Bondsupermart Live With Stock-like Trading Experience For Bond Investors
To address structural inefficiencies in bond markets, iFAST introduced Bondsupermart Live, a digital bond trading servi... Read more