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By Alun John and Jessie Pang (Reuters) - Hong Kong senior executives of financial companies and their overseas affiliates who are fully vaccinated can now apply for an exemption from the three-week compulsory quarantine, the markets watchdog said A maximum of two senior executives per each financial company licensed by the city’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and two of their overseas affiliates who need to travel in and out from Hong Kong for managing the company can apply for the exemption, according to the statement released late on Friday. To apply for the exemption, they need to provide a copy of their identity card or passport photo page, details of the trip and a COVID-19 vaccination record and send it to SFC at least five days before the business trip. SFC issues licences to companies such as asset managers, investment banks and securities brokerages. Successful applicants are only allowed to attend the activities listed in the details of the trip and are required t
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3-month window for first Pfizer-BioNTech batch; city may not get more doses for 2021
People lining up outside a community vaccination centre in Hong Kong to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Residents are offered free jabs as part of a massive vaccination drive but public distrust of the government and fears about the safety of vaccines have kept people from coming forward for their shots.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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Members of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department wait to receive a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a community vaccination center in Hong Kong in February. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
AFP-JIJI May 26, 2021
Hong Kong – Hong Kong may soon have to throw away millions of coronavirus vaccine doses because they are approaching their expiry date and not enough people have signed up for the jabs, an official warned Tuesday.