Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Algernon Yau will join a delegation this afternoon to visit Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan, the Government announced. Organised by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the aim of the trip is to help delegates keep abreast of the latest development of the Greater Bay Area for better integration into the nation’s overall development. Mr Yau will return to Hong Kong on March 23. During his absence, Under Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Bernard Chan will be Acting Secretary. http://dlvr.it/Sl99gg
Around 354,400 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, with about 233,700 receiving their first dose of the Sinovac vaccine and about 120,700 their first dose of the BioNTech jab, the Government announced.
About 23,800 people received their first vaccine dose under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme today. Among them, around 9,100 received the Sinovac vaccine and about 14,700 the BioNTech one.
The overall percentage of people who have received the Sinovac vaccine at eight community vaccination centres is about 82%, while around 93% have received the BioNTech jab at 19 centres.
As of midnight, 13 people were sent to the hospital for treatment.
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