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Hong Kong Debates What to Do With Pile of Unused Covid Shots
- More than 1 million Sinovac and 840,000 BioNTech doses remain
- Vaccine surplus could hurt future procurement, official says
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Hong Kong is studying options including donation for unused Covid-19 vaccine doses, some of which are set to expire as soon as August, amid struggles to boost a lackluster local inoculation rate despite high demand for shots around the world.
Authorities will estimate how many excess vaccines they have on hand and discuss how to handle its mRNA shots stockpile with drug manufacturers, including postponing or canceling the delivery of certain batches, the government said in a statement.