According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network", Taiwanese media person Zhao Shaokang said in a Facebook post on the 3rd that according to the instructions of the Hong Kong government on May 25, the 7.5 million doses of Fupitai vaccine ordered by the Hong Kong government have now arrived with more than 2 million doses, and about 840,000 doses have been in stock so far, and the use period expires in mid-August. A Spokesman for the Hong Kong government said that if it could not be finished before the expiration date, it would waste precious vaccines. After deducting about 2 million doses that have arrived, the Hong Kong government will negotiate with suppliers on how to deal with the 5.5 million unaired doses and vaccines that may be surplus in Hong Kong, including delayed shipments, partial batches of vaccines not shipped, or donated to other places where vaccines are more needed through channels such as covax.
Zhao Shaokang
Zhao Shaokang pointed out that since Hong Kong people do not need so many vaccines, and the epidemic in Taiwan has risen sharply and there is a shortage of vaccines, it is better to consider the needs of the people of Taiwan than to donate to covax. Taiwan is only more than an hour away from Hong Kong by plane, if it can provide Free or Paid Forte vaccines to the people of Taiwan in Hong Kong, Kowloon or at Chek Lap Kok Airport, I believe that there must be a considerable number of Taiwanese willing to go to Hong Kong to administer the vaccine.
Vaccination site in Hong Kong
As for the German bnt company authorized the exclusive agent of the Greater China region to Shanghai Fosun Company, Zhao Shaokang bluntly said that the DPP government is unwilling to import bnt vaccine due to political factors, and now that there are 5.5 million doses of the "world's best" Fubitai vaccine ordered by Hong Kong, if it is not used well, it is equivalent to a violent creature and a waste of precious epidemic prevention resources.
There is currently a shortage of vaccines in Taiwan
Zhao Shaokang proposed that because of the tense epidemic situation in Taiwan, many Taiwanese people flew to the United States to administer vaccines, resulting in a full flight and a difficult request for one; the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the Mainland and the Shanghai Municipal Government all said that they were willing to provide vaccines to Taiwan, but they were rejected by the Mainland Affairs Council with "uneasy and kind hearts and united front."It seems that the Taiwan authorities cannot accept the mainland's vaccines, so if the Hong Kong government or Beijing can continue their goodwill and open up the Taiwan people to Hong Kong to inject the Fubitai vaccine, it will not only help Taiwan prevent the epidemic, but also solve the problem of Hong Kong's overbuying of vaccines. It is a good thing with perfect merit, so why should the People of Taiwan go far and far to the United States to get vaccinated?
Since the official launch of the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme in Hong Kong on 26 February 2021, the HKSAR Government has administered a total of about 2.434 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to participants, of which about 1,399,300 people have received the first dose of the vaccine, including 606,000 people with the Coxing vaccine, 793,300 with the Fu bi thai vaccine, and about 1,034,700 people with the second dose of the vaccine, including 441,600 people with the Coxing vaccine and 593,000 with the Fu bi Thai vaccine.
So far, the Hong Kong government has not responded to Zhao Shaokang's remarks, but on May 31, in response to a reporter's question about whether the Hong Kong side will send the possible extra vaccines to Taiwan and other places, Carrie Lam said that the consulates general in Hong Kong have previously contacted the Hong Kong government or herself to ask the Hong Kong government to transfer or transfer the possible extra vaccines to their countries. But she said that when the Hong Kong government ordered vaccines, manufacturers had restrictions in some ways. In addition, if the Hong Kong government wants to give up vaccines, it will also follow the mechanism of the World Health Organization to distribute vaccines.
(Edit: yzs)