The Immigration Department will launch new electronic services tomorrow for eligible applicants to complete the entire process of birth or death registrations online, without having to visit a registry in person. According to the Births & Deaths Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 2023, which will take effect tomorrow, the statutory time limit for the registration of deaths from natural causes is extended from 24 hours to 14 days. It also removes the requirement for applicants who need to register births or deaths to attend the registries in person, so as to provide a legal basis for the introduction of electronic services for these kinds of registration. Under the new electronic services, if either parent of a newborn baby is a Hong Kong permanent resident, the parents may submit an application for a birth registration online within 42 days after the birth of their legitimate child. They may apply for a birth certificate at the same time and choose to receive it by
About 462,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to the public, with about 292,600 people receiving their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine and about 18,500 people getting their second dose.
About 6,600 people received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme today. Among them about 6,200 received the jabs at eight community vaccination centres (CVCs).
About 400 people were inoculated at private doctors and clinics participating in the programme.
Around 6,510 people received their second dose of Sinovac vaccine today, including about 6,500 people vaccinated at the CVCs and about 10 people through private doctors and clinics.
As of 8pm, about 3,500 people had reserved their first and second doses of the Sinovac vaccine online in the past 24 hours.
As of midnight, two people were sent to the hospital for treatment.
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