More than 12,000 queue up for their shot, as health officials report no adverse effects and exhort residents to protect themselves as soon as possible.
COVID-19 vaccine
Macao’s Covid-19 vaccination drive is on a roll, with 2,000 volunteers inoculated already and thousands more signed up for their first jab.
Macao Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng called residents in Macao to be vaccinated on a voluntary basis today.
Macao Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng and other principal officials were inoculated today with the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, except the Secretary for Administration and Justice.
Registration for jabs from 22 February opens at noon today.
Zhuhai’s frontline workers and other vulnerable staffers will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by 5 February.
In addition to local residents, non-resident workers and non-local students will be covered by the government’s free-of-charge Covid-19 vaccination drive, which will happen later this year.
The several kinds of COVID-19 vaccines slated to be delivered to Macao have a “good” effectiveness of preventing COVID-19 infection.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U said the government plans to divide Macao into 30 “Covid-19 affected areas” for the possible implementation of community-based Covid-19 prevention and control measures in the city.