Hong Kong's COVID-19 vaccination program will focus on its elderly and children, leader Carrie Lam said, as authorities battled to reduce a surge of infections and climbing death rates
Health authorities reported 29,381 new infections and 196 deaths on Friday. In total since early 2020, the global financial hub has recorded almost 650,000 COVID-19 infections and about 3,500 deaths - most of them in the past two weeks.
However, many residents in the former British colony chose to remain unvaccinated for most of 2021, due to the minimal number of infections and fear of side effects, particularly among the elderly. While there has been a rapid pick up in vaccinations - more than 90% of the population have now had at least one dose, rates among the more vulnerable elderly have lagged the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in the city.Workers in protective suits move a body to a refrigerated container outside a funeral home, as mortuaries run out of space amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Hong Kong, China, March 10, 2022.
Lam this week said there was no time frame for the testing and it would only be done if there were sufficient resources.
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