Hong Kong executives choose China Covid vaccine to get mainland visas
Hong Kong executives, including expats, are opting to take China’s Sinovac vaccine over the more effective BioNTech/Pfizer shot in the hope it will speed up visa and re-entry procedures for mainland China, according to local health officials.
Some company executives have been more willing to consider the Sinovac vaccine if it sped up access to the mainland. One Hong Kong-based executive at a US company said he chose Sinovac’s jab “purely” for business reasons.
“Visa facilitation applies only to applicants who have been inoculated with Covid-19 vaccines produced in China,” the Chinese government said in March. However, some were concerned that European and other western governments might not accept China-made vaccines for quarantine-free travel.
Source: FT #Apr03
https://www.ft.com/content/5d4d494b-bbb8-4fd5-941e-bb93a9288a9f
#HongKong #ChinaVisa #CovidVaccineVisa #CovidVassine #China #HongKong
Hong Kong executives, including expats, are opting to take China’s Sinovac vaccine over the more effective BioNTech/Pfizer shot in the hope it will speed up visa and re-entry procedures for mainland China, according to local health officials.
Some company executives have been more willing to consider the Sinovac vaccine if it sped up access to the mainland. One Hong Kong-based executive at a US company said he chose Sinovac’s jab “purely” for business reasons.
“Visa facilitation applies only to applicants who have been inoculated with Covid-19 vaccines produced in China,” the Chinese government said in March. However, some were concerned that European and other western governments might not accept China-made vaccines for quarantine-free travel.
Source: FT #Apr03
https://www.ft.com/content/5d4d494b-bbb8-4fd5-941e-bb93a9288a9f
#HongKong #ChinaVisa #CovidVaccineVisa #CovidVassine #China #HongKong