First batch of China's Sinovac vaccine lands in HK

A first batch of 1 million doses of the Chinese-developed Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Hong Kong on Friday.Hong Kong announced Thursday it had approved the jab as health authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese city prepare to begin large scale inoculations.

Hong Kong’s Secretary for Food and Health said “the benefits of authorizing the use of the COVID-19 vaccine by Sinovac for protecting against COVID-19 outweigh the risks,” in a news release Thursday. Vaccinations across the territory of almost 7.5 million people will begin “as soon as possible," authorities said Thursday.