The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme is entering a new phase. Community vaccination centres (CVC) at the Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre, the MTR Tsing Yi Station and Millennium City 5 will operate until noon on February 28 and be closed afterwards.

The vaccination programme will take public and private medical facilities as prime vaccination venues under the new mode of operation.

Vaccination service of the paediatric and toddler formulations of the BioNTech vaccines at the children community vaccination centre (CCVC) of the Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre will be provided by Yan Chai Hospital COVID-19 Vaccination Station starting from March 1.

Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung said the CVC at the Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre is one of the first batch of centres that commenced service in 2021, and also the last one situated at the arena of a sports centre.

She said after accomplishing its mission, the centre would be returned to the Leisure & Cultural Services Department for public use alongside the earlier closure of nine other large-scale CVCs situated at sports centres.

She also expressed her appreciation to Sun Hung Kai Properties and the MTR Corporation for lending the venues for free to facilitate the establishment of the CVCs at Millennium City 5 and the MTR Tsing Yi Station in a short period of time, enabling the public to gain protection conferred by the vaccine.

Since September last year, the Government has gradually consolidated the service network and collaborated with private medical organisations, making good use of different venues to set up community vaccination stations (CVSs) or private clinic COVID-19 vaccination stations (PCVSs) at locations with convenient transportation or high patronage, and providing vaccination service with more than one kind of vaccine at one vaccination venue.

After the closure of the above three CVCs, other vaccination venues including CVSs, PCVSs, COVID-19 vaccination stations in public hospitals (HCVSs), designated general outpatient clinics of the Hospital Authority, elderly health centres, maternal and child health centres and student health service centres of the Department of Health, together with some 1,000 private doctors providing COVID-19 vaccination service, will continue to provide vaccination service for Hong Kong residents.

Starting from March 1, all CVSs, HCVSs and CCVCs will have the same opening hours from 10am to 6pm on their operation days.

Starting from February 27, the HCVS in Ruttonjee Hospital will be relocated to Tang Shiu Kin Hospital where vaccination service with the Biotech ancestral strain/bivalent vaccine or the Sinvoac vaccine will be provided.

Mrs Yeung said: “The virus still exists in the community. As Hong Kong has entered a new phase of epidemic response, members of the public should receive suitable doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for the sake of their health and to safeguard the health of their families, in particular the elderly and young children who are at a higher risk.”

The COVID-19 Vaccination Programme designated website provides the latest information including details on vaccination venues, operating hours, reservation and enquiry hotlines.