HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - There are few places in the world easier to get a Covid-19 vaccine than Hong Kong.
Shots are free and available to everyone over the age of 16. Bookings are made via an easy-to-use government website and people can be in and out of the 29 vaccination centres dotted throughout the city in 20 minutes.
They even get a choice between two shots - a Chinese-made one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd, or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that s the most effective in the world.
Most people, however, are choosing not to get vaccinated.
According to Bloomberg data, enough doses have been administered to cover 11.6 per cent of a population of 7.5 million since late February.
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There are few places in the world easier to get a Covid-19 vaccine than Hong Kong.
Shots are free and available to everyone over the age of 16. Bookings are made via an easy-to-use government website and people can be in and out of the 29 vaccination centers dotted throughout the city in 20 minutes. They even get a choice between two shots - a Chinese-made one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd., or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine thatâs the most effective in the world.
May 10, 2021
There are few places in the world where it’s easier to get a COVID-19 vaccine than Hong Kong.
Shots are free and available to everyone over the age of 16. Bookings are made via an easy-to-use government website, and people can be in and out of the 29 vaccination centers dotted throughout the city in 20 minutes.
They even get a choice between two shots a Chinese-made one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd., or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that’s the most effective in the world.
Most people, however, are choosing not to get vaccinated.
According to Bloomberg data, enough doses have been administered to cover 11.6% of a population of 7.5 million since late February. That’s behind the U.K., at 39.7%, and Singapore, at 19.4%, where available doses are so in demand that most of the adult population has not yet been granted access. In Hong Kong, so many shots are languishing that the government has warned people some will expire in September.
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There are few places in the world easier to get a Covid-19 vaccine than Hong Kong.
Shots are free and available to everyone over the age of 16. Bookings are made via an easy-to-use government website and people can be in and out of the 29 vaccination centers dotted throughout the city in 20 minutes. They even get a choice between two shots - a Chinese-made one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd., or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that’s the most effective in the world.
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18 A man wearing a face mask leaves a vaccination centre administering Covid-19 vaccine, in Hong Kong on March 23. (Reuters photo)
There are few places in the world easier to get a Covid-19 vaccine than Hong Kong.
Shots are free and available to everyone over the age of 16. Bookings are made via an easy-to-use government website and people can be in and out of the 29 vaccination centeres dotted throughout the city in 20 minutes. They even get a choice between two shots a Chinese-made one from Sinovac Biotech or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that’s the most effective in the world.