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The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) urged seniors in a statement yesterday to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic as soon as possible.The statement emphasised that the bureau is “highly concerned about the positive [test] results of unvaccinated elderly people in the citywide nucleic acid tests (NATs)”, adding that seniors may be infected by family members or caregivers despite staying at home.The bureau, the statement noted, therefore urged those unvaccinated to get jabbed as soon as

HONG KONG – The cumulative death toll in the latest Omicron outbreak in Hong Kong surged past 5,000 today as the total caseload crossed the milestone of one million.For the day, the number of new COVID-19 cases dropped further to 20,082 – 7,966 of which were confirmed by PCR tests while 12,116 were reported by people who tested positive using rapid test kits.Officials said 206 COVID-19 patients died at public hospitals over the past day.One of those who died was a 25-year-old patient with