Healthcare Professional Corner

Frequent Use Documents

Vaccination Consent Forms

• Consent Form for COVID-19 Vaccination
  

  (applicable to all mRNA / inactivated COVID-19 vaccines under the Government COVID-19 Vaccination Programme)

Templates of Certificate 

• Medical Exemption
• For Immunocompromised Persons

Personal Data Collection Statement

• Statement of Purpose of Collection of Personal Data

For Health Education & Media Resources, please click here.

Letters to Doctors / Healthcare Professionals

• Invitation letter for private doctors to participate in the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme under the Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (Updated on 22 December 2023)
• Reporting of Adverse Event following Immunization (AEFI) of COVID-19 Vaccine
• COVID-19 Vaccination For Elderly Remains a Priority

Guidelines

• Interim Guidance Notes On Common Medical Diseases and COVID-19 Vaccination in Primary Care Settings (As of January 26, 2024)

• COVID-19 vaccination for individuals with chronic diseases
• 3 Important Considerations
• Examples of Chronic Diseases
• Infection Control Advice in Community Vaccination Centres for COVID-19 Vaccination
• Preventing COVID-19 Vaccine-strain Environmental Contamination

Vaccination Subsidy Scheme

• Terms and Conditions of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme at Clinics (Agreement)
• Enrolment in Healthcare Voucher Scheme (HCVS), Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (VSS), or Residential Care Home Vaccination Programme (RVP) through online or paper enrollment
• Doctors’ Guide for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme at Clinics under the Vaccination Subsidy Scheme – Inactivated Vaccine
• Doctor’s Guide for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Programme at Clinics under the Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (VSS) – mRNA Vaccine
• User Manual for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme of the eHealth System (eHS) (Subsidies)
• Guidelines on Arranging Outreach COVID-19 Vaccination Activities through Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (VSS)
• Doctors’ Guide for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme under the Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (Non-clinic Setting and the School Outreach)

Residential Care Home Vaccination Programme (RVP)

• Terms and Conditions of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme at Residential Care Homes (Agreement)
• Doctor's Guide for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme at Residential Care Homes under RVP - Inactivated Vaccine
• Doctor's Guide for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme at Residential Care Homes under RVP - mRNA Vaccine
• User Manual for the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme of the eHealth System (eHS) (Subsidies)

COVID-19 Vaccination (Non-Government)

• Details of Requirement for Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines outside Government COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
• Enrolment to use eHS(S) to record non-Government COVID-19 Vaccination

List of Advice from Respective Professionals

• Please click here for Advice from Joint Scientific Committee on Emerging and Zoonotic Disease and Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases
• Joint Statement to Appeal to Infants, Children, Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women, The Elderly and Those with Chronic Diseases to Receive The 2023/24 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Before Christmas. They Should Also Complete / Update Their COVID-19 Vaccination And Maintain Good Personal and Environmental Hygiene (18 December 2023)
• Joint Statement to Appeal to Infants, Children, Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women, The Elderly and Those with Chronic Diseases to Receive The 2023/24 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine and to Complete / Update Their COVID-19 Vaccination (20 October 2023)
• Joint Statement to Appeal to Infants, Children, Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women to Receive Seasonal Flu Vaccination and Complete COVID-19 Vaccination (26 April 2023)
• Joint Statement to Appeal to Recovered Persons to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination (27 September 2022)
• Joint Statement to Appeal to Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination (9 September 2022)
• Joint Statement by The Hong Kong Society for Paediatric Immunology Allergy and Infectious Diseases, The Hong Kong Paediatric Society, Hong Kong Paediatric and Adolescent Dermatology Society, Hong Kong College of Paediatric Nursing and Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association on COVID-19 Vaccination for Children and Adolescents： "Recommendations in Relation to COVID-19 Vaccination Allergy" (12 August 2022)
• Joint Statement of the Hong Kong Paediatric Society, The Hong Kong Society for Paediatric Immunology Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hong Kong College of Paediatric Nursing and Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association: On occurrence of myocarditis and pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (30 June 2021)  
• Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (the Academy) urges the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible: The Academy’s constituent Colleges would like to further illustrate the importance of receiving vaccination from the perspective of the respective specialties (26 May 2021)
• "Approach to the diagnosis of Bell's Palsy in Primary Care Setting" by the Hong Kong College of Physicians (21 May 2021)
• Statement issued by the World Health Organization Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety: GACVS COVID-19 Vaccine Safety subcommittee meeting to review reports of deaths of very frail elderly individuals vaccinated with Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2 (22 January 2021)