Hong Kong urges teens to get a single dose of BioNTech for heart attack fears
On September 16, 2021 at 3:02 p.m.
Hong Kong experts recommend a single dose of BioNTech’s vaccination to teenagers after experiencing side effects.
A panel of health experts advising the Hong Kong government recommends that youngsters aged 12-17 receive only one dose of BioNTech’s vaccination from the usual two, following reports of angina in young people.
The decision by experts is based on no cases of cases in Hong Kong for some time. So one dose of the vaccine is enough to protect the youth.
Lou Yulong, chairman of the Health Commission advising the Hong Kong government on vaccination against Covid-19, told RTHK news agency that the side effects of BioNTech’s vaccines were more common than previously thought. Therefore, experts agree that adolescents should only be vaccinated with one dose of BioNTech’s vaccine. to reduce the likelihood of myocardial infarction
Lo also revealed that for youth who have to travel to study abroad, such as Europe, the United States, which has a high number of infected people. Both doses should be vaccinated.
Hong Kong’s Ministry of Health has not released the number of cases of myocardial infarction, but RTHK has reported that since the Hong Kong government began vaccinating BioNTech’s youngsters aged 12 and over last month. last Jun. More than 30 teenagers were found to have the condition.
The US, EU and World Health Organization regulators have previously said Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines have been linked to myocardial infarction. (myocarditis), which causes the heart to fail to pump fully and to beat irregularly and pericarditis
Pfizer said it was known to have myocardial infarction after vaccination, but that side effects were rare.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people aged 18-24 are at an 18.5 percent risk of myocardial infarction per million doses after vaccination. Pfizer-BioNTech 2nd and Moderna doses are 20.2 per 1 million doses, with risk decreasing with age.
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