The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines produced by Sinovac Biotech arrived in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday afternoon, which, as the first vaccines available in Hong Kong, will enable the financial hub to start inoculating its residents next week.

The HKSAR procured 7.5 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine in total, and its government has said the number of vaccine doses arriving on Friday was 1 million.