Coronavirus: Hong Kong health experts ‘likely to approve vaccines for children aged below 3 next month’, as city logs 3,486 cases


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Hong Kong health experts are likely to approve coronavirus vaccinations for children aged below three in August, the Post has learned, as the city recorded more than 3,000 new cases for a fifth consecutive day. A source on Sunday said the government’s Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases would probably agree with the measure during next month’s meeting, adding that evidence had suggested the jabs were safe for those aged between six months and three years. Committee member and health expert Professor Benjamin Cowling also said he believed a diluted dose of the Chinese-produced Sinovac jab would be a more...