Hong Kong Covid-19 vaccine bookings jump in first day of expanded access
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong saw more than 144,000 people snap up Covid-19 vaccine appointments the first day the government expanded access to a majority of residents, a sharp increase amid its bid to boost a lacklustre inoculation roll-out. Some 30,800 people reserved slots to get the Chinese-made Sinovac Biotech shot and 113,200 others booked doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine at community vaccine centres in the 24 hours ending at 8pm Tuesday (March 16), the government said. Data was not available from private clinics, some of which are also offering Sinovac's shot. Before the expansi...