Citizens rushed to get Covid-19 jabs as the third phase of the vaccine pass arrangement set to kick in by the end of the month. The community vaccination center at Boundary Street Sports Centre in Mong Kok has seen queues lining up for receiving the BioNTech vaccine in the past two days. Under the third phase of the vaccine pass, residents aged 12 and above would need to receive their third jab if six months had passed since they had received their second dose. The number of people who have received the booster jab in Hong Kong had reached 3.79 million, accounting for 55.9 percent of the population aged 12 or above. He stressed that those people concerned could receive the vaccine one month after recovery, and need to get jabbed to meet the requirements of the vaccine pass.

Source: The Standard May 29, 2022 15:36 UTC