Hong Kong May Deploy BioNTech’s Omicron-Specific Shot Next Spring

What’s new: Hong Kong is likely to offer BioNTech’s new Covid vaccine targeting omicron variants early next year as a booster shot for residents following recommendations from two government advisory panels.

Experts backed the German vaccine maker’s second-generation shot, which targets both the original strain of the virus and the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, to be used as a fourth dose for residents ages 12 or older.