Hong Kong – Service suspension of Children Community Vaccination Centre, Private Clinic COVID-19 Community Vaccination Stations and outreach teams of Home Vaccination Service
Service suspension of Children Community Vaccination Centre, Private Clinic COVID-19 Community Vaccination Stations and outreach teams of Home Vaccination Service
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Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations:
Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals:
The Government today (July 17) announced that, as the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 is now in force, the Children Community Vaccination Centre (CCVC) and Private Clinic COVID-19 Vaccination Stations (PCVSs) under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme will remain closed and their vaccination service will be suspended.
If the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 is cancelled before 1pm today, the CCVC and PCVSs will reopen and resume vaccination service two hours after the cancellation and they will operate until the normal closing time.
Affected persons can make a new vaccination appointment through the booking system on the website of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme (booking.covidvaccine.gov.hk) from tomorrow (July 18) .
The Home Vaccination Service scheduled today has also been cancelled. The relevant medical organisations will contact affected persons for updated vaccination arrangement.
HAD steps up vaccination and related publicity activities to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination of elderly and children
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In addition, District Offices have organised activities such as talks and visits to schools, welfare groups and local organisations, as well as distribution of publicity pamphlets, etc, to promote vaccination among the public. Since August, 79 such activities have been conducted, reaching more than 78 000 people.
Increasing the vaccination rate plays an important part in anti-epidemic work. The Home Affairs Department thanked all sectors of the community for fighting against the epidemic in solidarity and providing support to vaccination activities organised by various District Offices, so that citizens can be vaccinated as early as possible and high-risk groups can obtain effective protection. The District Offices will continue to hold vaccination activities at various districts to enable citizens to receive vaccination.
G-20 Presidency will give India’s tourism sector an unparalleled opportunity to showcase India’s tourism offerings
Key Highlights
At the World Travel Market 2022 in London, India is showcasing the varied tourism offerings of India to the global tourism industry stakeholders such as tour operators, travel agents and media among others. India’s focus on promoting sustainable tourism, digitalization of tourism sector, development of tourism MSMEs and skills is also being highlighted through the platform of media at the ongoing WTM. India is also being promoted as a safe tourist destination post Covid 19 at the WTM. The G-20 Presidency will give India’s tourism sector an unprecedented opportunity to highlight India’s tourism potential.
All the above points were emphasized upon by Shri Rakesh Kumar Verma, Additional Secretary Ministry of Tourism, Government of India who addressed the Media in the Press Meet at WTM 2022 on Tuesday at Media Centre, ExCeL, London.
At the outset, the Additional Secretary congratulated WTM, for organizing the press meet and also for successfully coordinating with all countries leading to the meeting. He also applauded the media for their critical role in promoting the tourism sector. He informed the media that Ministry of Tourism, Government of India is participating at World Travel Market (WTM) 2022 from 7th to 9th November in London and Indian delegation is led by Mr. Arvind Singh, Secretary Government of India and consisting of senior officials from the Ministry of Tourism and representatives from the Indian travel and tourism stakeholders. During the visit to WTM 2022, the Indian delegation is showcasing the varied tourism offerings of India to the global tourism industry stakeholders such as tour operators, travel agents and media among. He also acquainted the media about how India is focusing on promoting sustainable tourism, digitalization of tourism sector, development of tourism MSMEs and skills.
The Additional Secretary mentioned that Tourism sector was hugely impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, tourism is one sector which has great resilience and it has bounced back from various adversities and crisis .He also informed that in India, tourism is recovering well with domestic tourism contributing significantly. Under the strong leadership of our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, India has achieved unprecedented success in vaccinating our people. Approx. 2.19 billion doses have been administered showing that India as a tourist destination is safer and more resilient to tackle the threat posed by the current pandemic, he explained.
We would also like to utilize the opportunity to acquaint media that India is also gearing up for the G20 Presidency which is scheduled to start from 01st December, 2022, Shri Rakesh Verma elaborated. Under its Presidency, the country is expected to host over 200 meetings across 55 cities in the country. The G-20 Presidency will give India’s tourism sector an unparalleled opportunity to highlight India’s tourism offerings and share India’s tourism success stories on a global stage.
With India assuming the G 20 Presidency from 1st December, Visit India 2023 was also launched at the Press Conference, to invite more tourists to the country. pic.twitter.com/T2GCA1tE0D — Ministry of Tourism (@tourismgoi) November 8, 2022 The Ministry of Tourism is aiming to develop the tourism sector especially in the aftermath of COVID Pandemic to new heights and accelerating the transition to achieve sustainable development targets of 2030.
Shri Rakesh Verma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, while addressing the press, at the #WTMLondon, stated that India has achieved phenomenal growth in enhancing infrastructure. Along with the massive vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/6hGt6he2fl — Ministry of Tourism (@tourismgoi) November 8, 2022 Mr Arvind Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India attended Ministers’ Summit at World Travel Market, in association with UNWTO and WTTC – Rethinking Tourism. Later, Mr Arvind Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism was interviewed by CNBC, CNN, BBC and Euro News.
Secretary Tourism attended the WTTC’s Annual Reception in the evening.
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India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 218.79 Crore (2,18,79,83,976) today. More than 2 lakh (2,67,065) Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
HCWs
1st Dose
10415228
2nd Dose
10119117
Precaution Dose
7033212
FLWs
1st Dose
18436859
2nd Dose
17716887
Precaution Dose
13668698
Age Group 12-14 years
1st Dose
41044245
2nd Dose
31836159
Age Group 15-18 years
1st Dose
61950702
2nd Dose
53099672
Age Group 18-44 years
1st Dose
561300808
2nd Dose
515872956
Precaution Dose
96802431
Age Group 45-59 years
1st Dose
204034401
2nd Dose
196985699
Precaution Dose
49235139
Over 60 years
1st Dose
127672140
2nd Dose
123155886
Precaution Dose
47603737
Cumulative 1st dose administered
1024854383
Cumulative 2nd dose administered
948786376
Precaution Dose
214343217
Total
2187983976
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
Date: 2nd October, 2022 (626th Day)
HCWs
1st Dose
1
2nd Dose
58
Precaution Dose
1080
FLWs
1st Dose
10
2nd Dose
89
Precaution Dose
2688
Age Group 12-14 years
1st Dose
3013
2nd Dose
8883
Age Group 15-18 years
1st Dose
1024
2nd Dose
3494
Age Group 18-44 years
1st Dose
4928
2nd Dose
14206
Precaution Dose
141977
Age Group 45-59 years
1st Dose
797
2nd Dose
2852
Precaution Dose
53348
Over 60 years
1st Dose
531
2nd Dose
2311
Precaution Dose
25775
Cumulative 1st dose administered
10304
Cumulative 2nd dose administered
31893
Precaution Dose
224868
Total
267065
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
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Hong Kong – HAD steps up vaccination and related publicity activities to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination of elderly and children
A spokesman for the Home Affairs Department (HAD) said today (December 9) that to encourage the early vaccination of the young and old, the HAD’s 18 District Offices have stepped up COVID-19 vaccination activities in various districts since August so as to enable citizens of all ages, especially children and the elderly who are more vulnerable to serious infection, to be vaccinated as early as possible to obtain the much needed proper protection for themselves and others under the epidemic situation.
Since August, District Offices under the HAD, together with various units such as school liaison committees, primary school heads associations, kindergarten heads associations, district health centres, rural committees, women’s groups, kaifong associations, clansman associations in various districts and the Hong Kong Community Anti-Coronavirus Link, have jointly held more than 120 vaccination activities at community halls and other locations in the districts to provide citizens with one more convenient and quick way for receiving vaccination. As at December 8, about 18 100 citizens including some 800 young children aged from 6 months to 3 years and some 3 000 elderly persons aged 70 or above had been vaccinated during these activities.The success of huge vaccination drive in India making it a safe tourist destination, highlighted at World Travel Market 2022 in London
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