Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong, confirmed on Sept.1. that the Hong Kong government will announce as early as this week, that it will lower the vaccine pass age limit to include children as young as five years old. That means children five and above will have to have two jabs of vaccination before they can enter regulated facilities. The Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights issued a statement on Sept. 2, expressing concern that the measure would affect children’s physical and psychological development, and their social life; and urging the government to withdraw it.
The Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights said in its statement that the extended scheme of vaccine pass is too stringent. Some children are already banned from extracurricular activities in school because they have not been vaccinated, and if they are further banned from going into public places, it will have a profound impact on their development and will also reduce the family and social life they deserve.
