Coronavirus: Hong Kong health authorities reveal woman who got Covid-19 jab later died after suffering stroke; eight new cases confirmed

Hong Kong health authorities have revealed that a chronically ill woman who had received the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine died after suffering a stroke, while the city on Saturday recorded eight new coronavirus cases.

It remained unclear if the fatality was related to the vaccine, and an expert panel is expected to hold a meeting on Monday to study the incident. The panel had earlier found that the death of another Sinovac recipient, a 63-year-old man, was not linked to the Covid-19 drug.

Health authorities also disclosed that the upscale K11 Musea shopping centre – which reopened on Saturday after a shutdown late last month over a “super-spreader” cluster linked to a high-end restaurant – was at the centre of a much wider outbreak of Covid-19 involving a diner, jewellery shop, cookie store, cinema and toilets. The infections dated as far back as February 14, but “patient zero” has not been found.