Covid: Hong Kong could end up throwing away unused jabs

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Hong Kong has warned it could have to throw away vast stores of coronavirus vaccines because of people’s reluctance to have a jab.

The territory currently has around two million Pfizer shots that will be out of date in three months.

Less than 20% of people have had a jab, even though Hong Kong has more than enough doses for the whole population.

The low take-up rate has been blamed on a relatively low number of infections