Hong Kong gears up to vaccinate more people as Covid-19 situation fluctuates, East Asia

HONG KONG – Hong Kong is gearing up to inoculate a few hundred thousand more residents in the priority groups in the next month, as the pandemic situation continues to fluctuate and officials worry about a Covid-19 rebound. The city on Friday (Feb 26) rolled out its free and voluntary vaccination programme, with people lining up at five vaccination centres for Sinovac jabs. This comes a week after the Chinese vaccine arrived in Hong Kong following an initial delay. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, meant to arrive on Thursday but were delayed due to export controls, are slated to reach Hong Kong…