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Coronavirus: Hong Kong jab indemnity fund pays out a total of HK$450,000 to 3 people over side effects
- It is first time in more than 3 months of the mass inoculation drive that compensation has been paid to those who suffered side effects
- With more than 3 million doses having been administered since February, Food and Health Bureau says it received 74 applications for compensation as of June 10
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Three people have received a total of HK$450,000 (US$58,000) from Hong Kong’s Covid-19 vaccination indemnity fund, health authorities revealed on Wednesday, marking the first time in more than three months of the mass inoculation drive that compensation has been paid to those who suffered side effects.
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With more than 3 million doses of vaccines having been administered since February, the Food and Health Bureau said it had received 74 applications for compensation as of June 10 – 58 of which were still being processed.
“The principles of severity assessment include fairness to applicants, prudent use of public funding, transparency to the public, and based on medical science,” the bureau said in a statement.
“Severity of individual cases is subject to case-by-case assessment according to their circumstances.”
Up to Sunday, 3,605 people in total had reported an adverse reaction to their jabs, amounting to 0.12 per cent of all vaccination recipients. Only 1.2 million people, or 16.3 per cent of the population, were fully vaccinated as of Wednesday.
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