Hong Kong adds another death after Chinese vaccination, accumulating 23 cases so far

According to the report, Hong Kong again rumored after vaccination COVID-19 death case, is a 75-year-old male, but the authorities stressed that there is no evidence to prove that it is caused by the vaccine, further investigation is required. The total number of deaths in Hong Kong is now 23, 19 people played Coxin and 4 people played Fubitai.

The government has announced the death of a 75-year-old man who died after administering the vaccine. (Photo / Central News Agency)

According to Hong Kong 01, the Hong Kong Department of Health announced again on the evening of the 24th a case of death after vaccination with 2019 coronavirus disease (Chinese Communist virus, COVID-19) vaccine, a 75-year-old man with diabetes and high blood pressure. According to the report, he was administered the Chinese-made Kexing vaccine and completed the second dose on April 9.

According to the report, yesterday (24) afternoon, officials first announced that a 58-year-old woman was found lying in her home and died after being taken to the hospital, and that she had received her second dose of the Coxin vaccine 10 days before her death. As she was suffering from hypertension and obesity, the Department of Health said there is no clinical evidence to suggest that the death was related to the vaccine.

According to official statistics, as of the 24th, Hong Kong has a total of 23 cases of death after vaccination, including 19 cases of vaccination with Coxin vaccine and 4 cases of vaccination with BioNTech vaccine.

However, the official stressed that most of the cases are not related to the initial investigation of the vaccine, and further appointed by the expert committee to assess the confirmation of this result; as for the new cases will be in accordance with the established mechanism, to the expert committee for causality assessment, to be finally confirmed will be released again.

Hong Kong currently offers two vaccines, Kexin and Fibrate, to the public for vaccination, and a total of 1.2 million doses have been administered in the past two months since the vaccine was introduced.

However, according to the relevant public information, the ratio of vaccination doses to deaths in Hong Kong falls between 0.001% and 0.002%, which is not higher than the mortality rate caused by the Fubatide vaccine in the UK and the US.

According to the relevant statistics as of April 19, the United States received 109 million doses of the Fibrate vaccine, with 1,134 deaths, accounting for 0.001%; the United Kingdom received 15.4 million doses of Fibrate vaccine, with 314 deaths, accounting for 0.002%.

Hong Kong Civil Service Bureau Secretary Nip Tak-kuen yesterday again publicly appealed to the public who are still on the fence to get vaccinated as soon as possible. He also met with representatives of Hong Kong’s financial sector on the 23rd, suggesting to relevant people to promote the industry to accelerate vaccination, so as to resume normal life and travel as soon as possible.