The Hong Kong administration “until further notice” canceled all orders for the purchase of coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, and stopped using it for vaccination in all two dozen locations in the city, according to the South China Morning Post.
This happened after the distributor of the drug in the region of Fosun Pharma warned that a batch of 210102 vaccine with a defective packaging was found. It is unclear whether the defect affected the quality of the drug, which requires special storage conditions.
However, officials decided to abandon its use as a precaution until all inspections were completed.
Until now, Hong Kong residents could choose to be vaccinated with Pfizer or Chinese Sinovac.
As of Tuesday evening, March 23, 403,000 people had been vaccinated against coronavirus in Hong Kong, including 150,200 who received their first dose of Pfizer.
Apple Inc, according to a lawsuit filed by Epic Games Inc., must allow mobile app developers to redirect users to alternative resources to pay for services in the App Store. The Wall Street Journal reported this. A 30% commission is now charged on each purchase. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers concluded that Apple’s practice was uncompetitive […]
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Darnytsia launches five types of drugs for the treatment of cardiac, neurological, gastroenterological and respiratory diseases. This was reported by the company’s press service. So, in March, a drug for the treatment of dementia Memtek was introduced. It is produced for Darnytsia in the European Union. It is noted that the acceleration of the release […]
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The press service of Hawkley reports that Hawkley Oil & Gas Limited Australian mining company had reported about the Ukrainian company sale transaction assets of Tomeas Assets Ltd. The amount of transaction has constituted 1 million dollars. Negotiations on sale have continued since February 2016. Reportedly that Hawkley Oil & Gas Limited will allocate proceeds […]
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The National Agency for the Detection, Investigation and Management of Corrupt Assets (ARMA) has identified Ukrtransnafta as the winner of a tender to manage the seized part of the Samara-Western Direction main oil pipeline. It is noted that only two participants took part in the competition, as competition in this market is limited. “The winner […]
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Chinese e-commerce company JD.com Inc announced on Saturday that it will be the first platform in the country to accept China’s digital currency. The Central Bank of China will hold its second digital yuan lottery among citizens of Suzhou, near Shanghai on Friday. The total amount of playable digital yuan is 20 million ($ 3.06 […]
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South Korean company Samsung Electronics in the third quarter of this year took first place in the global smartphone market. This was reported on Friday by KBS, citing data from the international research company Counterpoint Research. According to this data, during this period, Samsung controlled 22% of the world market. In second place is the […]
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Shares of Alibaba, up 35.7% since the beginning of the year but down almost 8% this week, rose 5.3% during trading on Friday after China’s largest public company announced second-quarter results financial year 2021, which ended in September. Alibaba’s quarterly report was preceded by news of the termination of the IPO of financial technology company […]
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In the US, Democrats in the lower house of the Congress presented a package of the assistance to combat the effects of the epidemic COVID-19, valued at $ 2.2 trillion. It was reported by the Voice of America. The House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, issued the letter stating that the bill “provides much-needed resources to protect […]
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Google has updated its application store policy: the corporation makes it mandatory to use its payment system for digital purchases on the Google Play. The new rules will take effect in a year, on September 30, 2021. The update of the usage policy means that in a year application developers will not be able to […]
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Four world’s biggest enterprises who producing tobacco products – British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International appealed this week to the court against the government, where they are opposed to the introduction of a new law in Britain banning branded a pack of cigarettes. According to the law, which will […]
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