A panel of health experts advising the Hong Kong government has recommended children aged 12-17 should get only one dose of BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine after reports of heart inflammation side effects.

Professor Lau Yu-lung, who chairs a health committee advising the government on its vaccination programme, told public broadcaster RTHK the side effect was more prevalent than originally thought.

He said experts, therefore, decided it was better for teenagers to get only one dose to "greatly reduce the chance of heart inflammation."

Read more from Reuters here.

In this Monday, November 9, 2020 photo, the company sign of BioNtech stands in front of the companies headquarters in Mainz, Germany. — AP/File
In this Monday, November 9, 2020 photo, the company sign of BioNtech stands in front of the companies headquarters in Mainz, Germany. — AP/File

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