Vaccination case reported

March 25, 2021

The Department of Health said as at 4pm today, in the past 24 hours it received a report from the Hospital Authority of a death case with suspected serious adverse event following COVID-19 vaccination.

 

The case involved a 59-year-old man. He was found unconscious in Sai Kung by hikers today and did not respond to resuscitation after being sent to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital by the Government Flying Service.

 

The man received the BioNTech vaccine at Choi Hung Road Badminton Centre Community Vaccination Centre on March 18 and there was no record of him feeling unwell during observation at the vaccination centre.

 

The department said it immediately contacted the authority to obtain further information for investigation and assessment.

 

It will pass the case to the Expert Committee on Clinical Events Assessment Following COVID-19 Immunisation for causality assessment.

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