Hong Kong Received 8,104 Reports of COVID Vaccine Adverse Events and 120 Death Cases

Hong Kong Received 8,104 Reports of COVID Vaccine Adverse Events and 120 Death Cases
An elderly woman receives a dose of China's Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a community vaccination center in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. AP Photo/Kin Cheung
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Hong Kong received 8,104 reports of adverse events associated with the COVID vaccination as of Feb. 28, including 120 deaths within 14 days of vaccination. The Hong Kong Department of Health (DH) reported on Mar. 1.

The Expert Committee concluded that 117 death cases were not causally related to vaccination; two other cases were not yet found causally related, the one case was tentatively considered unrelated to vaccination.