Coronavirus: Hong Kong vaccination centres deem dozens unfit for Sinovac jab; city records nine new Covid-19 cases
- Minister in charge of immunisation programme reveals many of those turned away on Wednesday had chronic illnesses
- Several told to consult their doctors rather than take the jab immediately, following the death of a chronically ill patient two days after his shot
Hong Kong recorded nine new coronavirus infections on Thursday, while a minister revealed that 67 people were deemed unfit to receive the Sinovac vaccine the day before.
One of Thursday’s new cases was untraceable, while five others were linked to previous infections. The remaining three were imported from the Philippines, Indonesia and Pakistan. The Filipino patient was said to be carrying a new variant of the virus.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection, also revealed two more infections from among those who visited or worked at the K11 Musea shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Fewer than 10 people had tested preliminary-positive, but at least four of them had untraceable sources of infection.
