Man seriously ill after getting swine flu jab

A 58-year-old man is seriously ill in hospital after being vaccinated against swine flu.

News of his condition - he suffered weakness in both legs soon after receiving the jab - came as the government reported only 5 per cent of the two million people in Hong Kong deemed at high risk had taken advantage of subsidised flu shots in the three weeks they have been available. The man is the first person in the city to fall seriously ill after being vaccinated.

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