Hong Kong is banning the use of the Pfizer vaccine, citing deficient lesions

Hong Kong bans vaccinations using Pfizer shots after Chinese distributor tells city one batch had defective bottle caps

HONG KONG – Hong Kong stopped canceling the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday after the Chinese distributor told the city that one batch had defective bottle caps.

The city government said the ban was lifted immediately while distributor Fosun Pharma and BioNTech, the German company that created the vaccine with the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer, are investigating the investigation. business.

BioNTech and Fosun Pharma found no reason to believe the product is dangerous, according to the report. However, vaccinations will be discontinued as a safeguard and safety measure.

Macao also said Wednesday that residents would not receive the Pfizer vaccines from the affected batch.

BioNTech and Fosun Pharma could not be immediately reached for comment.

All community centers in Hong Kong that administer the Pfizer vaccine have suspended vaccinations for a period of time and residents who have already made meetings on Wednesday do not have to proceed to the centers, he said. the government.

A ban on Pfizer injection means that the Sinovac vaccine is the only vaccine currently offered to residents. Both vaccines are the only ones offered to residents of Hong Kong.

German immigrant Jannis Partsafas was among a group of people who received a Pfizer bullet ahead of the ban.

“I received the vaccine this morning at 8.30am before the news of the ban was made public, and I heard the news on my way home,” said Partsafas, 32, who is work in the sporting goods industry.

“I’m not too concerned about safety, but I’m concerned that this could lead to more people refusing the vaccine option in Hong Kong that would affect herd immunity and the taking of social distance measures,” he said.

Some residents who had meetings Wednesday morning were standing outside a community center handing out the Pfizer vaccines in the city’s Sai Ying Pun area at about 10.30am. They left the center after it became clear that no vaccines would be given.

As of 8pm on Tuesday, 403,000 people have been vaccinated in the city, and 150,200 of them received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, compared to 252,800 who had taken a Sinovac injection.

This story has been corrected to say that the defective batch number is 210102.

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