Hong Kong panel recommends single dose of BioNTech's Covid-19 shot for teenagers

HONG KONG, Sept 16 "• A panel of health experts advising the Hong Kong government has recommended children aged 12-17 should get only one dose of BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine after reports of heart inflammation side effects. Professor Lau Yu-lung, who chairs a health committee advising the government on its vaccination programme, told public broadcaster RTHK the side effect was more prevalent than originally thought. He said experts therefore decided it was better for teenagers to get only one dose to "greatly reduce the chance of heart inflammation." The city’s Department of Health did not provide data on how many cases…