The fifth wave of the epidemic continues, and more than 90% of Hong Kong residents have been vaccinated for at least one shot.
The government's Vaccine Unusual Events Protection Fund has awarded $2 million for the first time to an "uncertain" death.
The case involved a 66-year-old woman who had been vaccinated with Forpidium 16 days before her death.
Kong Fanyi, co-convener of the Expert Committee on the Evaluation of Clinical Events of the New Crown Vaccine and clinical professor of the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said in an interview with "Hong Kong 01" that the female deceased was found to have a small virus gene and antibody after an autopsy. There are very few cases of abnormal events, so it is believed that there is no direct relationship with the vaccine, but it is emphasized that the committee will not completely rule out the relationship with the vaccine when analyzing the cases.
He reiterated that the benefits of vaccination for the elderly far outweigh the side effects of the vaccine itself, and called on the elderly to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Kong Fanyi said that the small virus gene and antibody were found after the autopsy of the female deceased, and there were very few cases of serious abnormal events after the elderly were vaccinated with Fubitai, so it is believed that there is no direct relationship with the vaccine.
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Hung Fan-yi said that the committee, in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization, will review cases related to serious abnormal events after vaccination in Hong Kong.
The committee classifies cases into categories A, B, C, and D. Category A refers to cases that are directly related. If a citizen develops myocarditis or pericarditis within 14 days after the injection, and finds vaccine-related objects in the heart, or vaccine-produced Natural immune antibodies are directly related; if the public has a severe allergic reaction, or is found to have impurities in the vaccine, causing the public to be poisoned, it will also be classified as a direct relationship.
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Small virus found in blood of deceased without serious long-term illness
Kong pointed out that if the relationship between the case and the vaccine is not compatible, but the relationship between the vaccine cannot be completely ruled out, it can only be classified as B.
B is further divided into B1 and B2. B1 is coincident in time, that is, if a serious abnormal event occurs within 14 days, it is B1, and if it occurs more than 14 days, it is B2.
The 66-year-old woman who died 16 days after being vaccinated with Fubitai was in the B2 category.
He explained that the female deceased did not have serious long-term illnesses. After autopsy, the gene of Parvovirus (Parvovirus B19) was found, and Parvovirus (Parvovirus B19 IgG) antibodies were also found in the blood, but he could not see the presence of Parvovirus B19 in his body. Acute IgM antibodies, and no viral infection in the cells of the parvovirus itself.
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Myocarditis in older women is extremely rare and not directly related to the vaccine
Kong also pointed out that myocarditis is extremely rare in elderly people, especially women, after inoculation with Fubitai.
Most cases of serious side effects after vaccination occurred in under 18 years of age, and the rate was higher in males.
Therefore, he has more reasons to believe that the cause of death of the female deceased is related to a small virus, and it is inferred that the small virus caused the death of the female deceased with myocarditis, which is not directly related to the vaccine.
The benefits of calling on the elderly to get vaccinated as soon as possible far outweigh the side effects of the vaccine
He said frankly that even if the committee had the slightest suspicion when analyzing the case, it would not completely rule out the relationship with the vaccine. He believed that the public would not resist the injection because of the cases of death after the injection. Because the cause of death can be explained, the relevant cases are quite transparent.
He reiterated that the benefits of vaccination for the elderly far outweigh the side effects of the vaccine itself, and called on the elderly to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
The government first compensates 2 million for pre-death vaccination cases. The expert committee once commented that the cause of death is uncertain. Vaccine passports are only used by experts. No impact on the medical system.
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