Hong Kong residents will be able to choose between vaccines
Their options are the AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech or Sinovac Biotech vaccines, which are based on different medical technologies
23 December 2020 - 14:09
Hong Kong — Hong Kong has said residents will be allowed to choose which Covid-19 vaccine they want to take, as the city added a third candidate to its arsenal with an agreement to buy shots from AstraZeneca.
The city reached an agreement with AstraZeneca for 7.5-million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, CEO Carrie Lam said at a media briefing on Wednesday. The deal joins similar agreements with Pfizer-BioNTech and Chinese developer Sinovac Biotech, giving the city a total of 22.5-million potential doses of vaccines...
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