6,000 in Hong Kong vaccinated on ‘smooth’ first day

Special arrival: The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines being transported to a warehouse after arriving on a Cathay Pacific cargo plane at Hong Kong International Airport. — Reuters

Hong Kong: About 6,000 people were inoculated at five community centres and 18 general outpatient clinics across Hong Kong as the special administrative region’s mass coronavirus vaccination campaign began and the public described the process as “smooth”.

Another 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine-appointment slots will be open for online booking tomorrow morning in response to the surge in demand for the shots, said Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip Tak Kuen after inspecting a vaccination centre at Hong Kong Central Library in Causeway Bay on Friday.