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Hong Kong government "abandons" AstraZeneca vaccine Chen Zhaoshi: 7.5 million doses donated to the Global Access Mechanism

2021-10-12T09:09:03.554Z


The Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, announced that he will donate the 7.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine purchased by the Hong Kong government to COVAX to provide vaccines to countries in need. It is expected to be the second in 2022.


The Director of the Bureau of Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, announced that he will donate the 7.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine purchased by the Hong Kong government to COVAX and provide the vaccine to countries in need. The vaccine is expected to be delivered before the second quarter of 2022.

She emphasized that the Fubitai and Kexing vaccines purchased by the government are sufficient for all Hong Kong citizens to vaccinate.


Director of the Bureau of Food and Health Chen Zhaoshi pointed out that the 7.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine purchased by the Hong Kong government earlier will be donated to the Global Access Mechanism for New Crown Vaccines.

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Chen Zhaoshi said that the current global distribution of new crown vaccines is uneven and the situation is unsatisfactory. For example, only 20% of the population in low- and middle-income countries have received the first dose of the new crown vaccine, while the first dose vaccination rate in high- and middle-income countries has reached 80%. The WHO calls for adequate vaccines. The supplying country or region will donate the oversupply dose to the places in need through the global acquisition mechanism of the new crown vaccine.

She said that Hong Kong has procured a total of 15 million doses of vaccines, including Forbitux and Kexing, enough for all Hong Kong citizens to vaccinate. Due to the ideal supply of vaccines in Hong Kong and the stable epidemic situation, it has reached an agreement with the Global Access Mechanism for New Crown Vaccines and AstraZeneca. The tripartite agreement will donate the 7.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine purchased earlier to low- and middle-income economies and will be shipped before the second quarter of 2022.

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Purchased in December last year but did not start the injection and was accused of thrombosis risk

The Hong Kong government said in December last year that it had purchased 7.5 million doses of vaccine from AstraZeneca. At that time, a spokesperson for the Food and Health Bureau said that global competition for vaccines is very fierce and the initial supply is expected to be relatively tight.

In April of this year, the Safety Committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a statement stating that the vaccine may be related to blood clots, which should be classified as a rare side effect of the vaccine.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals responded to "Hong Kong 01" at that time, stating that the plan will remain unchanged and will continue to work closely with the Hong Kong and Macau governments to provide AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the citizens of Hong Kong and Macau in accordance with the agreement.

Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System at CUHK, said in the "Millennium" in Hong Kong and Taiwan in April that he personally suggested that Hong Kong should not purchase AstraZeneca vaccines.

He pointed out that according to his understanding, the government and the pharmaceutical factory are only preliminary agreements, and they have not yet issued a paper to approve emergency use in Hong Kong.

Xu Shuchang continued that more information now shows that the AstraZeneca vaccine has a protection rate of only about 10% against the South African variant virus, and there is a risk of thrombosis. It is not a good choice, and it is not recommended to buy it for the elderly.

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Source: hk1

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