Hong Kong to receive first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 China News


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HONG KONG, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Carrie Lam, chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said on Friday that Hong Kong will receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 the earliest. Lam said in a press conference on Friday that the HKSAR government's goal was to provide free vaccination for the whole population of approximately 7.5 million people in Hong Kong. The purchase volume of vaccines that the HKSAR government aimed at was twice that of Hong Kong's population, which will be enough for 15 million person-times, Lam said, adding that the HKSAR government...