Coronavirus Hong Kong: BioNTech vaccine jabs should be on thigh to reduce heart inflammation risks, experts say

Recipients of the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine should get their jabs on the thigh rather than arm to reduce heart inflammation risks, Hong Kong health experts have said, after a panel delivered its first “indeterminate” ruling on whether a death was linked to the shot.Advisers to the city’s pandemic strategy said on Thursday that changing the injection site would make the German-made jab safer for all age groups, with one urging the government to make it standard practice for adolescents.The…

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