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Hong Kong opens COVID-19 vaccine drive to children aged 12 and older
Students wearing face masks walk across a street in Hong Kong, Jun 10, 2021. (Photo: AP/Kin Cheung)
10 Jun 2021 05:31PM (Updated:
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong will allow children aged 12 and above to receive the BioNTech coronavirus vaccine as it seeks to boost immunisation rates in the city.
Government officials said on Thursday (Jun 10) they will offer the vaccine to about 240,000 children from 12- to 15-years-old starting on Friday, joining other countries that have started vaccinating children.
U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to join other Group of Seven leaders in a campaign to end the Covid-19 pandemic by distributing at least 1 billion extra shots to poorer nations by late next year. Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE will provide 500 million doses at no profit.
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