Hong Kong, China — Hong Kong health authorities have ejected a private clinic from the city’s coronavirus vaccination program after it reportedly recommended the German-made Pfizer/BioNTech shot to patients over the one from China’s Sinovac.
The move illustrates the Hong Kong government’s sensitivity to any criticism of the Sinovac vaccine, which has a comparatively lower efficacy rate and was fast-tracked by regulators despite a lack of published data.
The city’s health department said Tuesday that the clinic would no longer administer COVID-19 jabs because a doctor violated an agreement with the inoculation program.
Authorities said they had also reclaimed unused Sinovac…
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