HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong saw more than 144,000 people snap up Covid-19 vaccine appointments the first day the government expanded access to a majority of residents, a sharp increase amid its bid to boost a lacklustre inoculation roll-out.
Some 30,800 people reserved slots to get the Chinese-made Sinovac Biotech shot and 113,200 others booked doses of Pfizer-BioNTech s vaccine at community vaccine centres in the 24 hours ending at 8pm Tuesday (March 16), the government said. Data was not available from private clinics, some of which are also offering Sinovac s shot.
Before the expansion, only some 200,000 people - comprising just 5.4 per cent of priority groups eligible like the elderly and healthcare workers - had come forward for shots since the vaccine drive started on Feb 26.
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Hong Kong saw more than 144,000 people snap up Covid-19 vaccine appointments the first day the government expanded access to a majority of residents, a sharp increase amid its bid to boost a lackluster inoculation rollout.
Some 30,800 people reserved slots to get the Chinese-made Sinovac Biotech Ltd. shot and 113,200 others booked doses of Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE’s vaccine at community vaccine centers in the 24 hours ending at 8 p.m. Tuesday, the government said. The number of bookings soared from just 18,600 the day earlier.
Data was not available from private clinics, some of which are also offering Sinovac’s shot.