This post was originally published on South China Morning Post.
Hong Kong fourth wave: government needs team effort to lift public trust in vaccines
While the Hong Kong government has procured enough Covid-19 vaccines for the entire city and, according to Health Secretary Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee, it aims to vaccinate most of the population within 2021, that goal to inoculate Hongkongers is going to be extremely challenging.
The Chinese University medical school interviewed residents last summer and found fewer than 40 per cent of Hongkongers were willing to take a Covid-19 vaccine shot. That low figure of acceptance is shocking,…