Covid-19: Hong Kong offers two days of paid leave for civil servants to boost vaccination rate

Hong Kong - Secretary for the Civil Service also called on private companies to offer similar incentives.

By Reuters

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Published: Mon 31 May 2021, 11:55 AM

Last updated: Mon 31 May 2021, 11:59 AM

Hong Kong will offer civil servants who get vaccinated against Covid-19 a day off for each dose, the government said on Monday, as authorities struggle to boost a sluggish innoculation rate among the city's 7.5 million population.

Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip, speaking at a press conference, also called on private companies to offer similar incentives to ramp up the lacklustre take-up ratio of vaccines in the global financial hub.


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