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Two People Die After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine In HK, Japan
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Health officials have yet to find a connection between the vaccine and the deaths
Both patients were above the age of 60
Two people died after receiving coronavirus vaccines in Hong Kong and Japan, prompting health authorities to launch investigations.
Hong Kong’s Department of Health on Tuesday night revealed that a chronically ill 63-year-old man died two days after receiving a shot of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine at Kwun Chung Sports Centre in Jordan.
The victim, whose identity was not released, was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Feb. 28 after experiencing breathing difficulties. He was admitted and later suffered cardiac arrest. Doctors failed to resuscitate the man after multiple attempts.