In the past week, the Department of Health has received a total of 3 reports of deaths involving two 94-year-old and 70-year-old men and a 91-year-old woman who were vaccinated against COVID-19 within 14 days before their death. cause.
In the past week up to January 23, the Department of Health received a total of three reports of deaths involving two 94-year-old and 70-year-old men and a 91-year-old woman who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 within 14 days before their death.
There is no clinical evidence that cases are caused by vaccines.
The department also received 65 reports of unusual incidents involving people who had been vaccinated against COVID-19. Among them, none of the cases reported by the Hospital Authority involved people who had been vaccinated and potentially related to vaccination within 14 days before their death.
As of January 23, the Expert Committee on the Evaluation of Clinical Events of New Crown Vaccines has also concluded that 38 deaths were not causally related to vaccination, and initially believed that 15 cases were not related to vaccination, and eight cases still need to obtain more information for evaluation.
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.
A government spokesman pointed out that the vaccination rate of Covid-19 among the elderly aged 80 or above in Hong Kong is only about 30%, that is, 70% of this age group are at high risk. This is a very dangerous signal. In particular, the elderly, chronically ill and other people with weakened immune systems should be vaccinated as soon as possible for the sake of their own health.
In addition, in the past week, there have been no reports of suspected myocarditis or pericarditis involving young people aged 12 to 15 years after receiving the new crown vaccine.
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