Coronavirus: about 25 people test Covid-19 positive, as Hong Kong opens BioNTech booster shots to all over 18s from January 1


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Hong Kong authorities reported a wave of some 25 new preliminary-positive coronavirus cases on Friday, while announcing that those who had received two doses of the BioNTech vaccine would be able to sign up for a third from January 1.

The surge in arrivals testing positive coincided with official confirmation of five Covid-19 cases and another seven Omicron ones from previously recorded imported infections.

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