Hong Kong residents skip Sinovac jab appointments after reports of side effects The city has reported three deaths and three critical illnesses among the more than 130,000 people vaccinated to date 11 March 2021 - 10:28 Jinshan Hong Picture: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC
Hong Kong Fewer Hong Kong residents are showing up to get vaccines from Chinese maker Sinovac Biotech amid reports of side effects, even as demand was strong for shots developed by Pfizer-BioNTech on the day of their debut.
The number of people who received their scheduled Sinovac immunisations at community vaccination centres fell to 72% on Wednesday, down from a high of more than 90% last week. More than one-third of those who signed up for the vaccine, 36%, were no-shows on Tuesday.