Hong Kong’s plan to lift entry bans for fully vaccinated residents and work visa holders from extremely high-risk areas will do little to help thousands of domestic helpers whose home countries’ inoculation records are unrecognised, employment agencies have said.The plan, to be announced and implemented next week, will also allow unvaccinated Hong Kong minors studying […]

Hong Kong authorities have warned they will consider prosecuting a man who received two Covid-19 jabs locally despite being fully vaccinated elsewhere, condemning his “extremely selfish and irresponsible” behaviour.The move followed media reports of the 30-year-old receiving the BioNTech vaccine despite having taken two Moderna shots in Singapore. The man, who works in Hong Kong, […]

The scientific evidence points to recipients of the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine not needing a third dose, according to the chairman of an expert committee, but decisions on whether to recommend additional shots of both jabs available in Hong Kong have been postponed.Professor Lau Yu-lung, chairman of the Hong Kong government’s committee on vaccine preventable diseases, […]

Reservations for Covid-19 vaccinations in Hong Kong have soared, with more than half of inoculation centres offering BioNTech jabs fully booked for the next fortnight, as the city on Friday set a new daily record for administering the shots.Demand for the Chinese-made Sinovac jabs has grown weaker in recent weeks following studies showing it generates […]

Reaching herd immunity against Covid-19 is no longer a realistic goal for Hong Kong, medical experts agree, arguing instead for the city to prepare to live with the virus.Their warning came despite a recent increase in the vaccination rate and Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s prediction that the city would attain its goal of […]