Coronavirus: Hong Kong could hit 70 per cent vaccination by October, but that still won’t be enough for life to return to normal, says top adviser


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Hong Kong could inoculate 70 per cent of its population with at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine by October under the current daily rate of 30,000 doses, but this alone would not be enough to return the city to normalcy or allow it to reopen its borders, a top government health adviser said. Speaking to the Post , Gabriel Leung, dean of the University of Hong Kong’s faculty of medicine, said the key was to raise the vaccination coverage of vulnerable groups such as residents of homes for the elderly to at least 80 per cent. Short of...