The Government will set up a Community Vaccination Centre (CVC) at the Hong Kong Spinners Industrial Building in Cheung Sha Wan from March 7 (Monday) dedicated to providing Sinovac CoronaVac vaccination service for children and teenagers aged 3 to 17 and persons aged 60 or above. Online reservations started at 9 a.m. today (March 4).
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Patrick Nip, said, "We are focusing on the vaccination service for children, teenagers, and elderly persons, and paying the utmost effort to provide them with the greatest convenience in vaccination thereby speeding up the pace of their vaccination. This center is the second vaccination center, after the CVC at the Hong Kong Central Library, dedicated to providing the Sinovac vaccine to children, teenagers, and elderly persons. It can provide over 2 000 vaccination doses every day and we hope it will be convenient to members of the public in Kowloon West and New Territories West. Meanwhile, children, teenagers, and elderly persons opting for the Sinovac vaccine can also choose the three other CVCs providing Sinovac vaccination or other free channels for vaccination.
"I am very grateful to the Fung Group for providing a venue free of charge for the setting up of the CVC in support of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme so that more people can have vaccine protection early."
The Hong Kong Spinners Industrial Building CVC is located on the ground floor of the Hong Kong Spinners Industrial Building Phase 1 and 2, 800 Cheung Sha Wan Road. It is next to Exit B1 of the Lai Chi Kok MTR Station and is easily accessible by public transport. The center will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will be closed between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. for cleaning. In addition to taking prior bookings for vaccination, the CVC will also distribute same-day tickets to children, teenagers, and elderly persons.
Persons receiving the vaccination have to bring along original identity documents. If the identity documents do not bear the child's photo, such as the birth certificate, then school documents (such as school handbooks) bearing a photo of the student must be presented at the time of vaccination.
For children and teenagers aged 3 to 17, they must bring along a consent form signed by their parents on the date of vaccination. Please use the following version of the consent form (www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/pdf/Consent_Form_for_COVID19_Vaccination_ENG.pdf). In addition, children aged 3 to 11 receiving the Sinovac vaccine must be accompanied by their parents/guardians in person when receiving the vaccination.
Meanwhile, as the BioNTech vaccine for children requires a special dilution procedure, children aged 5 to 11 must receive the BioNTech vaccine at the four Childen Community Vaccination Centres (CCVCs) and not at other venues.
The designated website for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme (www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/en/programme) provides the latest information including vaccination venues, reservation, and enquiry hotlines.
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