Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam receives city’s first Covid-19 vaccine

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and some of her top officials became the first to receive Covid-19 vaccines on February 22, 2021. The city took delivery of its first 1 million doses of vaccines supplied by the Chinese mainland pharmaceutical company Sinovac on February 19, 2021. Lam said Hong Kong’s mass immunisation drive will prioritise five groups, including those aged 60 and above and health care workers, as well as residents and staff of centres that care for elderly people.

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