In order to celebrate the World Family Doctor Day 2021 and recognise the great contributions of Family Doctors in Hong Kong in the combat of the COVID-19 pandemic, our College has prepared a short video to share with you all.
The Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases (SCVPD) and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases (SCEZD) under the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health (DH) (JSC) together with the Chief Executive's Expert Advisory Panel (EAP) had met in June and subsequently updated the interim recommendations on the use of COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong. (https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/consensus_interim_recommendations_on_the_use_of_covid19_vaccines_in_hk.pdf) In the new interim recommendations, the eligible age groups for receiving Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine has been lowered to age 12, as the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine has been reported to have high efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19 disease.
