Two more people have died and nine others experienced facial paralysis after receiving vaccinations for the coronavirus, experts monitoring vaccinations in Hong Kong have revealed.
The latest deaths involved two chronically ill patients who took the China-made Sinovac jab. An 80-year-old woman who was vaccinated on March 2 died on Friday, while a 60-year-old man died on Wednesday after getting vaccinated on March 11. Previously, seven people had died following Sinovac jabs, while one person died after taking the BioNTech one. No direct link has been established between the shots and the fatalities.
The nine cases of temporary facial paralysis take the total number of vaccine recipients who suffered from the condition, known as Bell’s Palsy, to 11, one of which involved a BioNTech jab. Authorities in the morning suspended distribution of the German-made vaccines “until further notice” after packaging defects were found in a batch of shots.
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