Hong Kong-based GX Foundation sends medical teams to perform cataract surgery in developing countries from Djibouti to Laos, while China’s SOEs provide support for patients.
As the Omicron variant of Covid-19 rages around the world, a surge of child infections and hospitalisations has prompted calls by some governments to vaccinate young children. In Hong Kong, for example, the government has approved Sinovac’s vaccine for children as young as five and an advisory panel has recommended that small doses of BioNTech be approved for the same.