Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as authorities investigate defective packaging

Hong Kong has stopped

Hong Kong has stopped its rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 shot after being alerted to a packaging issue. Authorities say they are acting out of caution and do not think there is a safety risk.

The government said on Wednesday that it had been informed by a local distributor of the vaccine that there was a problem with how the vials in one batch were sealed. Officials responded by ordering vaccination sites to temporarily suspend injections of the batch, numbered 210102, as well as a second batch being administered in the semi-autonomous region.

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