Hong Kong fourth wave: city’s pro-Beijing politicians to get mainland Covid-19 jab this week, ahead of major political gatherings in the capital

About 200 pro-Beijing politicians from Hong Kong are set to travel to mainland China on Friday for a Covid-19 vaccination, the Post has learned, weeks before the city’s most vulnerable residents are expected to start receiving jabs.Authorities over the border are offering Sinopharm doses to the politicians as part of the pandemic precautions for the plenary sessions of China’s legislature and its top advisory body in March.Those to be vaccinated in Shenzhen include the 36 local delegates to the…

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