Withe local infections easing, the government announced the easing of some social distancing measures yesterday. And more good news can be expected, as further loosening of curbs was earlier promised once 30 to 50 per cent of Hongkongers had been vaccinated.

The government is enthusiastically urging citizens to get the vaccine, the supply of which looks to be enough to protect each and every one of us in Hong Kong. However, reports of people dying after receiving the jabs have increased concerns among those who are about to be inoculated, exacerbated perhaps by negative news coverage and conspiracy theories that have been floated online. Many people are hesitating to set foot in a vaccination venue.

I am writing in response to your report last week that Hong Kong might lower the Covid-19 vaccine age requirement to 16. The coronavirus pandemic has already upended life for most of us for more than a year now. It is heartbreaking that more than 200 people in the city have died because of the virus.