Hong Kong’s civil service chief said over 11,000 people have booked their booster shots that protect against both the highly-infectious Omicron variant and the original Covid strain, with the jabs available in the city starting Thursday. The BioNTech bivalent jabs would only be available as a fourth dose alternative. She added that the 1.9 million doses of the vaccine procured by the government should be enough to handle the demand. He worried the vaccine authorities procured would not be enough for everyone, with people willing to take up the jabs for overseas travel. Chui also called on authorities to make the Omicron boosters available as a third dose option.

Source: The Standard November 28, 2022 14:53 UTC