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Written by: Li Enci
2021-05-17 20:03
Last update date: 2021-05-17 20:34
The Department of Health said this evening (17) that a 50-year-old man had received the second dose of Kexing vaccine on the 3rd of this month and passed away yesterday (16th).
The deceased had no long-term medical history, and the initial diagnosis was caused by brainstem hemorrhage.
The Department of Health said that there is no clinical evidence that the incident was caused by the vaccine. The case will be referred to an expert committee for causality assessment. The HA has reported the case to the coroner.
So far, 34 citizens have been vaccinated against the new crown vaccine before their deaths. Among them, 24 have been vaccinated against Kexing and 10 have been vaccinated against Bitex.
The Committee of Experts has pointed out earlier that most of the cases are not causally related to the injection, and the initial examination of the remaining cases is not related.
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A 50-year-old man with no history of long-term illness was sent to the Accident and Emergency Department of North Lantau Hospital yesterday. He was transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital and died. He was initially diagnosed as a cause of brain stem hemorrhage.
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The Department of Health said that in the past 24 hours as of 4 pm, the Department of Health has received a report from the Hospital Authority of a fatal case, suspected to involve a serious abnormal event that occurred within 14 days after the COVID-19 vaccination.
A 50-year-old man with no history of long-term illness was sent to the Accident and Emergency Department of North Lantau Hospital on Sunday (16th), then transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital and died. He was diagnosed as a cause of brainstem hemorrhage.
He received the second dose of Kexing vaccine at the community vaccination center 13 days before his death, that is, May 3, and stayed in the vaccination center for observation after vaccination. There was no record of discomfort.
Initial clinical evaluation has nothing to do with vaccines
According to the Department of Health, there is currently no clinical evidence showing that the incident was caused by the vaccine. The preliminary clinical assessment concluded that it was not related to the vaccination. The Hospital Authority has reported the case to the Coroner.
According to the established mechanism, the Department of Health will refer the case to an expert committee for causality assessment.
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In total, Hong Kong citizens received about 1.74 million doses of the new crown vaccine.
The Department of Health received a total of about 2,660 reports of abnormal events, accounting for 0.15% of the total dose of vaccination, including 19 deaths involving people who had been vaccinated within 14 days before death, accounting for 0.0011% of the total dose of vaccination.
The expert committee has concluded that 4 cases have no causal relationship with the new crown vaccination. Initially, 12 cases are not related to vaccination, and 3 cases have yet to be evaluated.
The expert committee believes that no unusual phenomenon has been found so far, and will continue to closely monitor the situation and collect data for evaluation.
The latest report will be released on May 21.
According to information from the Hospital Authority, between April 5 and May 2, the number of inpatient discharges and deaths due to acute strokes averaged 47.3 cases per day, and the average number of deaths due to acute strokes reached 3.9 cases per day.
In addition, the rate of deaths without a vaccination record during the same period was 53.1 per 100,000, and the rate of deaths with a vaccination record was 2.3 per 100,000. The overall mortality rate was similar to the same period in the past three years. .
Among them, the rate of deaths from acute stroke or acute myocardial infarction without a vaccination record was 2.7 per 100,000 people, while the rate of similar deaths with a vaccination record was 0.4 per 100,000 people.
According to the statistical analysis of the above figures, there is no evidence that vaccination increases the risk of death among vaccinators.
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