Covid-19 vaccine: Hong Kong officials say three more people got wrong jab after going to different vaccination centre than one they booked
- Civil Service Bureau apologises after error involving 47-year-old woman and two family members who visited the wrong site and got the BioNTech shot instead of Sinovac
- Vaccine recipients describe mixed experiences at the sites they visited, noting that while all identified the jabs on offer, things could be clearer
The disclosure prompted a government pandemic adviser to urge officials to tighten their protocols at the city’s inoculation centres, with several vaccine recipients who spoke to the Post reporting mixed experiences at the sites, noting that while all had identified the jabs on offer one way or another, there was still room for improvement.
Dallas Sanders, a 47-year-old teacher who took his second BioNTech shot on Wednesday at Tai Po Hui Sports Centre, recalled seeing notices both outside the building and inside the lift showing the manufacturer and brand name of the vaccine being administered there.
“It’s easy to walk into the wrong centre, but it’s difficult not to know you’re getting the wrong jab,” he said, adding that one woman was turned away because she had a booking for the Sinovac shot.
“Everything was done fine where I was, but there could be more signage around the centre.”
A 43-year-old finance worker, surnamed Lee, said that when he went to get his first jab at the Sai Wan Ho Sports Centre on Tuesday there had been a sign telling visitors that the site was administering Comirnaty vaccines at the start of the queue.
