One million doses of the Chinese company Sinovac's coronavirus vaccine will arrive in Hong Kong on Friday afternoon, and vaccination will begin a week later. This is reported by CNN with reference to the statement of the local authorities.
Immunization of priority groups with the Sinovac vaccine is scheduled for February 26, Hong Kong Secretary of Public Service Patrick Nyp said.
Starting today, the city is lifting restrictions on social distancing after reporting the lowest daily increase in new COVID-19 cases since the end of November at the beginning of the week.
Since Monday, eight new cases of infection have been registered in Hong Kong, six of which are local transmission. According to Johns Hopkins University, a total of 7 cases of infection and 10 deaths were registered in the city with a population of more than 812 million people.
Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines are considered potentially affordable and easily distributed candidate vaccines. Unlike Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, Chinese vaccines do not require expensive storage in the refrigerator.
