Coronavirus: about 90 Hong Kong cases of adverse vaccine reactions investigated to date could be linked to jabs, expert says, though few side effects serious

The figure represents about a third of the more than 300 cases reviewed so far out of 3 million doses administered, numbers considered ‘quite similar to other countries’

City, meanwhile, confirms just one imported infection on Saturday – from Britain – marking 14 straight days without a local infection

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Hong Kong residents queue for BioNTech jabs on Wednesday. Photo: Winson Wong

Published: 2:19pm, 19 Jun 2021Updated: 1:30pm, 20 Jun 2021

Just under a third of the more than 300 adverse events reviewed by Hong Kong health authorities following Covid-19 vaccinations so far could be linked to the jabs, a top government adviser has revealed, though few have involved serious side effects.

While the jabs in question represent just a fraction of the 3 million administered in the city to date, fears over the use of vaccines have remained high in recent weeks, despite the local Covid-19 situation stabilising.

On Saturday, only one imported coronavirus infection from Britain was confirmed, according to the Centre for Health Protection, marking 14 straight days without a local case.

Hong Kong’s overall Covid-19 infection tally stood at 11,885, with 210 related deaths.

A review of reported adverse vaccine events in the past three months found that about 90 of the 300-plus investigated in the time frame could be related, or at least had not been ruled out as having links to the vaccines, said Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai, co-convenor of the Expert Committee on Clinical Events Assessment Following Covid-19 Immunisation.

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