Hong Kong plans to start Covid-19 vaccination in early March; also plans money flow scrutiny of Chinese officials


HONG KONG, Nov 14 (Bloomberg): Hong Kong can start vaccinations for Covid-19 in early March if everything goes as planned, the city’s Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip said.

The first batch of vaccines from the German firm BioNTech SE should arrive at the end of this month, Nip said, according to a transcript of his comments to reporters provided by the government. Vaccines will be administered via an advance booking process, he said.

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