The Government announced today (May 4) that, in view of the demand for COVID-19 vaccination and the utilisation of the Community Vaccination Centres (CVCs), the operation arrangements of the CVCs under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme will be adjusted gradually starting from the middle of this month.

     The latest arrangements are as follows:

(1) Starting from May 16, the Children Community Vaccination Centres (CCVCs) will open from 10am to 6pm daily. Starting from June 1, the opening hours of the CVCs will be from 10am and 6pm from Monday to Friday, and between 8am and 8pm on Saturdays and Sundays. They will be closed daily between 1.30pm and 2.30pm for cleaning.

(2) Five CVCs will be closed. The CVC at Loke Yew Hall, the University of Hong Kong, will provide service until May 22. The CVCs at Hong Kong Central Library, Kowloon Bay Sports Centre, Education Bureau Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre and Tsuen Wan Sports Centre will be closed on June 1.

(3) Starting from June 1, the CCVCs at Yuen Chau Kok Sports Centre in Sha Tin and Tsuen Wan Sports Centre will be relocated to the CUHK Medical Centre in Sha Tin and Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre in Kwai Chung respectively. In addition to providing the BioNTech vaccine to persons aged 12 or above, the CVCs at CUHK Medical Centre and Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre will also provide a proper BioNTech vaccine dosage to children aged 5 to 11.

(4) 21 CVCs (five providing the Sinovac vaccine and 16 providing the BioNTech vaccine) will continue to provide COVID-19 vaccination service to the public in June.

     "The Government has set up 18 additional vaccination centres in the first quarter this year, making a total of 28 CVCs to cater for the public demand for vaccination. Currently, about 91 per cent of the population eligible for vaccination aged 3 or above have received the first vaccine dose, and 84 per cent in terms of the second dose. In addition, 47 per cent of those aged 12 or above have received their third dose. However, we notice that the demand for vaccination has decreased in the last few weeks. The latest seven-day moving average of the daily number of doses administered is around 27 200 only," a spokesman explained.

     "Although certain CVCs will be open until the end of May, we will continue to boost the vaccination of the old and the young through various channels, and will closely monitor and assess the demand for vaccination. The Home Vaccination Service will also press ahead at full steam to provide free door-to-door Sinovac vaccination to unvaccinated elderly persons aged 70 or above, or persons with impaired mobility due to illness or physical disability," the spokesman stressed.

     The designated website for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme (www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/en/programme) provides the latest information including details on vaccination venues, reservation and enquiry hotlines.

CVCs providing the Sinovac vaccine for persons aged 3 or above
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Java Road Sports Centre in North Point
Kwun Chung Sports Centre in Jordan
Yuen Wo Road Sports Centre in Sha Tin 
Millennium City 5 in Kwun Tong 
Hong Kong Spinners Industrial Building in Cheung Sha Wan 
Hong Kong Central Library in Causeway Bay (until May 31) 

CVCs providing the BioNTech vaccine for persons aged 12 or above
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Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre in Sai Ying Pun
Boundary Street Sports Centre in Mong Kok
Sai Wan Ho Sports Centre
Hiu Kwong Street Sports Centre in Kwun Tong
Lai Chi Kok Park Sports Centre
Yuen Long Sports Centre
Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre in Kwai Chung
MTR Tsing Yi Station 
CUHK Medical Centre in Sha Tin (no same-day tickets)
Satellite Community Vaccination Centre, Leighton Centre in Causeway Bay (no same-day tickets)
Loke Yew Hall, the University of Hong Kong in Pok Fu Lam (until May 22)
Pop-up CVC at 17th floor, Landmark North in Sheung Shui
Kowloon Bay Sports Centre (until May 31)
Education Bureau Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre (until May 31)
Tsuen Wan Sports Centre (until May 31)
Pop-up CVC at Caroline Hill Road in Causeway Bay (until June 30) 

Vaccination centres providing the BioNTech vaccine for children aged 5 to 11
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CCVC at Hong Kong Children's Hospital in Kowloon Bay
HKU CCVC at Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong in Wong Chuk Hang
CCVC at Tsuen Wan Sports Centre (until May 31)
CCVC at Yuen Chau Kok Sports Centre in Sha Tin (until May 31)
CUHK Medical Centre in Sha Tin (from June 1)
Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre in Kwai Chung (from June 1)

     Other channels for free COVID-19 vaccination include: Hospital COVID-19 Vaccination Stations, designated general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority, private doctors or clinics providing the Sinovac vaccine and venues operated by private healthcare institutions providing the BioNTech vaccine, etc.

Ends/Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Issued at HKT 17:05

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