Hong Kong parents race to vaccinate young children as Covid surges


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Hong Kong parents rushed children as young as three years old to vaccination centers this week as the government lowered the age limit for the shots and the deaths of two toddlers exacerbated concerns in a city struggling to cope with a surge in Covid cases. The government approved children aged three and older to take China’s Sinovac vaccine from 15 February, while those aged five and older can take the BioNTech shot. The measures come as the Chinese territory has recorded a 60-fold surge in infections since 1 February, overwhelming hospitals and testing facilities. A three-year-old and a four-year-old,...