coronavirus vaccine doses from two frontrunner firms and will receive the first shots as early as January, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday.Securing the delivery of 15 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the city's leader said that Hong Kong has reached agreements for 7.5 million doses each from Sinovac and Pfizer-BioNTech.
As each person needs two doses, the 15 million would be enough to cover the city's population, she added.Also read: Why Hollywood studios’ romance for Bollywood has prematurely souredHong Kong will receive Sinovac's shots from January, and the Pfizer-BioNTech doses from the first quarter of next year, Lam said.At-risk people, such as the elderly and staff in nursing homes and in healthcare, will be given.