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Author: Chen Qianting
2020-10-27 20:55
Last update date: 2020-10-27 20:55
South Korea’s citizens have recently passed away after being vaccinated with influenza. One of the influenza vaccines involved was a product of the French Sanofi Pharmaceutical Factory (Sanofi). Hong Kong also imported influenza injections from this factory. The Department of Health said that the local batch and the Korean batch Different, will continue to understand the event.
Upon learning of the incident, a local private doctor decided to temporarily discontinue the Sanofi vaccine and only continue to use the vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the nasal spray vaccine from AstraZeneca.
According to the knowledge of the 870,000 doses of vaccines purchased by the Hong Kong government, 620,000 doses and about 70% of the vaccines belong to Sanofi, which are mainly supplied to groups such as follow-up patients in public hospitals, people 65 years of age or older, pregnant women, and hospital residents; In addition, about 240,000 needles are GSK products, which are supplied to the school outreach vaccination program.
Hong Kong Government: Sanofi is different from South Korea's approval
As of yesterday (26th) in South Korea, at least 59 people have passed away after being vaccinated. The local government said after investigation that no deaths were found directly related to the flu vaccine.
The vaccines involved include the products of the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and several South Korean pharmaceutical companies. Singapore has announced that it will discontinue the flu injections of Sanofi and South Korea’s SK Bioscience. However, the Hong Kong government did not follow up yesterday and only said that it was approved by Hong Kong. This time is different from the Korean batch and is very concerned about the incident.
Infection and infectious disease specialist Zeng Qiyin revealed that Sanofi, GSK and AstraZeneca vaccines were purchased when ordering vaccines. The volume of each product was about one-third. Sanofi's flu shots have been temporarily suspended and will be cleared after the investigation of the related accidents, or Depending on whether there will be adverse events in other vaccination programs in Hong Kong, and then decide when to resume the use of Sanofi products, vaccines from the other two pharmaceutical companies will be used as usual.
Zeng Qiyin said that the Sanofi flu injection has been temporarily stopped.
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Public hospitals inject Sanofi vaccines for specific groups
The Department of Health announced earlier that it purchased 870,000 doses of flu shots for various vaccination programs this year. Zeng Qiyin quoted news that about 620,000 doses of the 870,000 doses are Sanofi vaccines, accounting for about 70%. These vaccines are mainly supplied. A free vaccination program is provided, including groups such as follow-up patients in public hospitals, people aged 65 or above, pregnant women, people receiving disability allowances, and residents of residential care homes.
In addition, about 240,000 doses of vaccine are produced by GSK, which are mainly supplied to school outreach vaccination programs, which are vaccinated for school children from medical care to school. The remaining about 10,000 doses are AstraZeneca's nasal spray vaccines, which are also supplied to school children.
Zeng Qiyin said that if there is another accident like the Sanofi vaccine in Taiwan in 2018, the Hong Kong government needs to be psychologically prepared to stop some of the vaccines involved. He described that most of the vaccines purchased by the government come from the same pharmaceutical factory. The practice is like putting all the eggs in the same basket. He believes that the government should set up a sound mechanism so that when the vaccine quality is poor, it can make decisive decisions.
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