People arrive at a community vaccination center to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library on Feb 23, 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - Around 200 people belonging to the five priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination received on Tuesday their first shot at the Community Vaccination Centre set up at the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library. 

The five prioritized groups include frontline health workers, senior citizens aged 60 or above, workers and residents of care homes, people providing essential public services and those engaged in cross-boundary transport services.

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Flight attendants use the "LeaveHomeSafe" COVID-19 contact tracing app before entering a Community Vaccination Centre at the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Feb 23, 2021. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

People belonging to priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination line up to receive their jab at a Community Vaccination Centre set up in the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library, on Feb 23, 2021. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

People belonging to priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination wait for their turn to receive their shot at a Community Vaccination Centre set up in the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library, on Feb 23, 2021. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

A resident gives a thumbs up at the waiting area of a Community Vaccination Centre set up in the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library, on Feb 23, 2021. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong Commissioner of Police Chris Tang Ping-keung receives a COVID-19 shot at a Community Vaccination Centre set up in the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library, on Feb 23, 2021. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

An elderly man (left) receives the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as an elderly woman (2nd right) in the next cubicle speaks with a staff, at a Community Vaccination Centre set up in the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library, on Feb 23, 2021. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

A healthcare worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a Community Vaccination Centre set up in the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library, on Feb 23, 2021. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

Members of Hong Kong's disciplinary forces are vaccinated against COVID-19 at a Community Vaccination Centre set up in the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library, on Feb 23, 2021. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)