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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson in Taipei

Chinese flock to Hong Kong to get private Covid booster shots

A display by the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine supplier Sinovac at a bus station in Hong Kong
A display by the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine supplier Sinovac at a bus station in Hong Kong. Photograph: Liau Chung-ren/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Private services offering Chinese travellers access to mRNA vaccines are attracting droves of mainlanders to Hong Kong and Macau seeking a booster shot that their government has refused to approve.

As part of its dismantling of the country’s zero-Covid policy last month, China’s government also lifted quarantine and other border restrictions. It prompted a wave of interest in overseas travel, particularly for the upcoming lunar new year holiday later this month. However, there also appears to be a large contingent chasing the mRNA bivalent vaccines.

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