The Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) recently conducted a telephone survey exploring infections during the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. The main findings are as follows:<\/p>\r\n
Of the respondents who were successfully interviewed, about 2 in 5 (38.5%) reported having been infected with COVID-19 in 2022, while over half (52.0%) said they had not been infected. 9.6% of the respondents did not know or refused to respond to the question. Among those living with their families, including domestic helpers, 42.4% claimed that at least one family member had been infected; 46.7% of the respondents did not have any family members who had been infected; and 10.9% did not know or refused to respond to the question.<\/p>\r\n
When asked about their level of concern about the epidemic, 3 in 5 (60.4%) respondents were very concerned or quite concerned about it, while 35% were not concerned or not at all concerned. When asked whether they had any worries concerning virus infection, 62.6% of the respondents had no worries, while 21.3% were slightly worried and only 12.9% were quite or very worried. When compared with responses to the same question in September last year, the changes were not significant.<\/p>\r\n
In terms of the current infection control measures taken by the SAR government, about 7 in 10 (68.9%) respondents thought that the government should relax the measures, while 20.2% preferred them to remain in place. Only 4.9% supported a tightening of the measures. There was a significant increase in the percentage of the respondents who supported relaxation when compared to September last year.<\/p>\r\n
The SAR government recently extended the coverage of the Vaccine Pass to children aged 5 to 11. 36.6% of the respondents were very supportive or quite supportive of the extension, while about half (48.9%) were not supportive or not at all supportive. To push for a higher rate of vaccination among elderly people, the SAR government suggested that vaccinations be made mandatory for elderly people living in residential care homes. 33.6% of the respondents strongly or moderately agreed with the proposal, while 55.8% were not for it or not at all for it.<\/p>\r\n
A total of 705 respondents aged 18 or above were successfully interviewed through landlines and mobile phones from 29 September to 14 October 2022. The landline response rate was 23.2%, while the mobile phone response rate was 22.8%. The sampling error was plus or minus 3.69 percentage points, at a confidence level of 95%.<\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":[{"text":"Tables 1-7 (Chinese version only)","link":"","file":133338}],"video_source":"","video_file":"","add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":0,"photos_original":null,"attachments_original":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/133336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/133336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133339,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/133336\/revisions\/133339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}