3 Deaths in 9 Days After Hongkongers Get China’s Sinovac Vaccine

People wear surgical masks at a wet market following the COVID-19 outbreak at Sham Shui Po, one of the oldest districts in Hong Kong on July 17, 2020. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Since Hong Kong began vaccinating the public with China’s domestically-produced Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac, on Feb. 26, three deaths in nine days have increased anxiety about the vaccine’s safety.

On March 8, a 71-year-old man in Hong Kong died four days after receiving his vaccine shot. The patient was reported to be in good health before the vaccination. This was the third death in Hong Kong following a CoronaVac injection.