HK Buys Almost 4mn BioNTech Shots

Hong Kong has bought an additional 3.8 million doses of BioNTech vaccine to cope with the recent increased demand for Covid jabs.

The government said in a statement on Saturday that a new batch of about 1.6 million doses of the BioNTech vaccine had arrived from Germany.

Hong Kong has bought a total of more than 12.3 million BioNTech jabs so far.

The authorities also purchased about one million extra doses of the Sinovac vaccine earlier.

The administration called on those who haven't got their first and second jabs to do so as soon as possible to protect themselves and others.

"More persons will be eligible to receive the third dose of a vaccine later. If we have to cater for third dose vaccination and those who delayed their first and second doses at the same time, it might be possible that both vaccination appointments and vaccines will be in tight supply," a government spokesman said.