HONG KONG, Oct 20 (SCMP): About 200 private doctors in Hong Kong are already grappling with flu vaccine shortages amid “an unprecedented demand” before the winter influenza season and a predicted fourth wave of Covid-19 infections, the medical profession has warned.
Dr Henry Yeung Chiu-fat, president of the Hong Kong Doctors Union, expressed concern about the limited supply on Monday, three days before the start of the city government’s free vaccination programme, which primarily targets schoolchildren and the elderly.
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