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Coronavirus: two pregnant women in Hong Kong who received BioNTech vaccine suffer miscarriages, but no link to jab confirmed as yet
- Expert says public should not jump to conclusions before full investigation is completed, as details behind the cases remain unclear
- Vaccine maker had said its jabs were not ‘routinely recommended’ during pregnancy, unless a person was seen to have a very high risk of coronavirus exposure
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Two pregnant women in Hong Kong who had received the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine have suffered miscarriages, although a link to the jabs has not been established and health authorities are assessing the cases.
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In a statement released on Wednesday evening, the Department of Health revealed it had received the first reports of miscarriages following immunisation since the coronavirus vaccination drive kicked off about two months ago.
“Currently, there is no evidence indicating that the two cases were related to vaccination,” the statement said.
In one of the cases, a 32-year-old woman was treated at Queen Mary Hospital on Sunday for vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal pain. She suffered a miscarriage on the same day, with the dead fetus found to be around 23 to 24 weeks old.
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The statement also said “the woman could not give a clear account of her pregnancy information”.
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