Secretary for Food & Health Prof Sophia Chan today attended the World Health Organization's 75th World Health Assembly via video conferencing as a member of the Chinese delegation.

Held in Geneva, Switzerland from May 22 to 28 under the theme "Health for peace, peace for health", the assembly will cover the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health issues including mental health, non-communicable diseases and other communicable diseases.

“While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be rampant across the globe, the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong has been clearly curbed recently and the livelihood of the public has resumed as normal in general.

“Nevertheless, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will not let down its guard and will continue to uphold the anti-epidemic strategy of ‘three reductions, three focuses and one priority’, which means focusing on reducing deaths, severe cases and infections, highlighting key groups of people, organisations and premises, and according priority to the elderly,” Prof Chan said.

The health chief also said the Hong Kong SAR Government will also adhere to the principles of preventing the importation of cases and the resurgence of domestic infections, and formulate scientific and precise anti-epidemic measures in pursuit of “dynamic zero infection”.

“In the meetings in the coming few days, we will pay close attention to the discussions among experts from the member states, in order to obtain more valuable information and experience relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other public health issues, for better protection of the health of Hong Kong people,” she added.