in the 16th century, it meant being a captain and setting sail to discover a route a race linked to military interests. a race linked to political and military proceed. but also linked to my financial adventure full of hardships, dangers death by the germans journey around the world. stuart to january 19th here watching d w. 's asia coming up today. everyone is rushing to visit hong kong. we explain why the city has become a top destination for those from mainland china, especially at a time when there is great uncertainty about how cove it will run its course. there are boxes available, including the inactivate to vaccines, are very good at stopping severe disease. and thus, the,

the main concern for many people is that they don't get to be a 100 plus. will there be justice in indonesia, the child begins against 5 men charged for the stadium stamp, key disaster last year. ah, my name is melissa chan. thank you for joining us. hong kong is bracing for a burst of visitors from mainland china seeking the latest m. r, and ne vaccines. up until now, chinese citizens have only had access to chinese made vaccines that have mostly been a week in terms of its efficacy against coven 19. they have not had access to m. r, n. a vaccines. the latest known as the by vaillant job. that covers both the only kron and earlier corona virus strains, the only jurisdictions under china distributing m r n. a vaccines have been hong

kong and macau. now the beijing has lifted pandemic related border restrictions. there's an influx of medical tourists coming into town. melon chinese, who hath wanted to be emma, lies with emma and they cove vaccines. and now at long last amount in hong kong, yo yo, lee was among the 1st batch of recipients in this private clinic is also the 1st foreign vaccine. she has had things to pandemic, shorthand one, they may or are, there is no by violent marino vaccine in mainland china. sasha foreign statistics showed that by vaillant marino vaccines provide greater protection against infection and severe illness way. oh yeah, it's also a birthday gift for myself. today but johan, daddy, by getting an m r. any jap while some possible and to china, we are open to support us. and in particular to hong kong. mr. paul made a trip from st. jen, a southern city, neighboring hong kong. on the 1st day of the border re opening,

the 64 year old had already had 2 shots of china's domestic vaccine sine ofac. but he helps bio text by vaillant booster shots will protect him against to current outbreak. gwanae shall omega for people at my age in china got a worried about getting infected. said kyra. oh, they go. i'm more competent and german and american medicine. we got because it's developed with a different technology. what a 3, i'm joking. he bow slusher me for many of my friends who took inactivated chinese vaccines were infected. though you're kyra coverage vaccines are free for hong kong residence, but travelers have to pay $240.00 to $360.00 us dollars to private medical groups for one m r and they cove it by valan shots. nevertheless, many mainland chinese see a trip to hong kong as worthwhile and hong kong private clinics and hospitals expect a growing demand. these medical center is preparing to inoculate up to

a 1000 people per day. after receiving hundreds of inquiries, not only from individuals but also travel agencies, there are a lot more people got infection recently in the last few weeks or last a month or 2. they cannot get this ship, which is a booster. those immediately they have to wait for at least 3 months. so we expect as low increase a number in the next few weeks or 2 months. and then there might be a peak coming on. in march or april. the city is expected to be the top destination of chinese vaccine tourism. joining us as epidemiologist been carrying for the school of public health at hong kong university. thank you for joining the program. i guess my 1st question is, given the week efficacy of the sino vac vaccine, does it make sense for those coming from mainland china to have just one by violent

booster or is their talk of simply starting over from 0 so to speak and putting folks on that initial to shot regimen. what if you remember, early in the pandemic when the vaccine trial results are 1st coming out, sign of i can sign up on the, to activate vaccines from china had relatively lower efficacy compared to the, the m r renee vaccines for example. but now with all mc on, the situation actually changed. the inactivated vaccines are not very good as stopping infection, but neither the fires of vaccine or the madonna vaccine. ah, all the vaccines available, including the inactivate vaccines are very good at stopping severe disease. and thus, the, the main concern for many people is that they don't get severe covered. so i'm not sure this justification to ask people who's got the inactivate vaccine to start over again. but certainly, it would be good, good advice to get a booster dose from time to time. and the by valan booster is, is the most recent updated as of, as the,

the most recent vaccine available. interesting, that was something i was personally curious about. i so how is the public health system holding up with the new influx of visitors? ah, so in hong kong, you mean? yes. so in, in hong kong, we do have a lot of people coming over the border from, from mainland china on, on a daily basis now. but there's not a lot of severe coven oversee coming in. ah, as for mile covered, mostly that doesn't need to have medical attention. so there's no indication of any additional pressure on our house care.