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Hong Kong could soon throw away millions of unused vaccine doses Today 02:30 pm JST Today | 02:35 pm JST 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. Hong Kong is one of the few places in the world fortunate enough to have secured more than enough doses to inoculate its entire population of 7.5 million people. But swirling distrust of the government as it stamps out dissent -- combined with online misinformati...

Hong Kong could soon bin millions of unused vaccine doses 135 HONG KONG, May 25, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – 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. Hong Kong is one of the few places in the world fortunate enough to have secured more than enough doses to innoculate its entire population of 7.5 million people. But swirling distrust of the government as it stamps out dissent — combined with online misinformation and a lack of urgency in the ...

“The whole world is scrambling for vaccines and it is just not right that we can buy a vaccine overnight and we just have it. What we have is probably all we have for the rest of the year.” Observers have blamed factors including community mistrust in the Hong Kong and Chinese governments, disinformation and misinformation and a lack of urgency from authorities. In March the BioNtech rollout was suspended for about 10 days after the discovery of damaged packaging of vials which had been administered to more than 150,000 people. Health officials said there was no safety risk but the rollou...

Covid-19 vaccine – one man’s trash another man’s treasure Hong Kong may bin millions of vaccine doses for not enough people signed Pakistan struggles with shortage of vaccines May 25, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has further increased the disparity between the first world and third world countries. While many in the first world have been vaccinated, in the third world many are still awaiting the vaccine. Another case is of those countries that have the vaccine but will be forced to waste them as many people are not signing up for the jabs. Pakistan has administered 5,843,059 vaccines ...

US Issues Do Not Travel Warning for Japan Ahead of Tokyo Olympics 25 May 2021, 22:35 GMT+10 With less than two months remaining before the opening ceremony, the Tokyo Olympics received another jolt Monday when the U.S. government issued a warning for its citizens not to travel to Japan due to rising rates of new COVID-19 cases. The State Department issued its highest travel advisory warning, Level 4, citing Japan's slow vaccination rate and the country's own restrictions on travelers from the United States. A separate warning issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...