Latest situations of COVID-19 (Feb 7, Tuesday)

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- As at Feb 6, 3,652 persons received their doses of vaccine, a cumulative total of 20,646,477 doses have been administered; 291 positive nucleic acid test laboratory detections newly recorded

- As at Feb 6
* Positive nucleic acid test laboratory detections newly recorded (not representing all COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong): 291
* Cumulative number of positive nucleic acid test laboratory detections (since Jan 30): 3,249
* Death cases related to COVID-19 newly recorded: 5
* Cumulative number of death cases related to COVID-19 (since Jan 30): 60

- As at Feb 6
* 64 persons received their first dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 6,912,973 persons have received their first vaccine dose, making up 94.6% of the population aged 3 or above
* 137 persons received their second dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 6,794,240 persons have received their second vaccine dose, making up 93.1% of the population aged 3 or above
* 488 persons received their third dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 5,834,190 persons have received their third vaccine dose, making up 83.7% of the population aged 12 or above
* 2,412 persons received their fourth dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 1,050,379 persons have received their fourth vaccine dose
* 551 persons received their fifth dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 54,695 persons have received their fifth vaccine dose
- a total of 20,646,477 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public

The Acting Chief Executive, Mr Chan Kwok-ki said that, since the full resumption of normal travel between Hong Kong and the Mainland on February 6, all boundary control points (BCPs) have commenced operation without any prescribed daily number of people or pre-departure nucleic acid test requirement imposed. Cross-boundary travel by people of the two places has fully resumed as normal. With the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's full co-operation with organisations of the relevant sectors, and its close liaison with the relevant authorities of the Central Government, the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Shenzhen Municipal Government, all seaborne, land and air BCPs, including the newly opened ones, have been in good operation overall. Suitable arrangements on local transport to and from the BCPs have been put in place.

The Government will continue to closely monitor the epidemic development and the demand for public healthcare services, and work closely with the Hospital Authority to enhance the ability and capacity of the healthcare system, including ensuring adequate stock of medical supplies, formulating effective contingency plans, launching different phases of Bed Mobilisation Plans as needed, wide use of COVID-19 oral drugs, telehealth and collaboration with private hospitals.