Hong Kong Department of Health announces latest test results for fake HPV vaccine

On 10 July and 12 July, the Hong Kong Department of Health and the Customs and Excise Department conducted joint operations at two medical centres in Hong KongOf these, 76 boxes of suspected counterfeit vaccines were seized at the Kwun Tong Xinying Medical Centre, involving a total amount of HK$280,000On 12 July, a raid on the Garvey Medical and Vaccine Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui resulted in the seizure of about 162 boxes of suspected counterfeit vaccines and 163 boxes containing the first poison (i.ethe sale of licensed pharmacies subject to the supervision of pharmacists) involving HK$750,000Subsequently, in order to determine the nature of the two batches of products seized and whether they contained harmful ingredients, the relevant samples were sent to the Government Laboratory and the Accredited Laboratory for testingAccording to a press release issued by the HKSAR Government, the Hong Kong Department of Health published the results of the monitoring of the samples, which showed that no harmful impurities or visible foreign bodies had been found in the samples so far, and that the samples tested showed no components of the human papillomavirus vaccine (also known as the cervical cancer vaccine)The analysis results of the samples taken at Theine Medical Center in Kwun Tong showed that the samples contained sodium and chlorine commonly found in physiological salineCui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Hospital Pharmacists Association of the, told Hong Kong media that injecting saline would not affect health, but was concerned about the bacteria in the process, which could lead to sepsis and deathAccording to the Notice of the Hong Kong Department of Health, sterile testing of vaccine samples is still under way and is expected to be completed by mid-Augustthe Hong Kong fake vaccine incident was exposed because "the Department of Health had earlier received a complaint that a medical centre had used a suspected human papillomavirus vaccine ( also known as the cervical cancer vaccine ) , and conducted a joint investigation with the Customs and Excise DepartmentThe Department of Health said that so far this year, it had received 1,100 complaints about the cervical cancer vaccine, of which about 90 were related to the Garvey Medical and Vaccine Centre, which was announced, according to The Senior Supervision of the Copyright and Trademark Investigation Branch of the Hong Kong Customs, Mr Kwan Jianqiang said: "The medical centre in question uses two refrigerators to store genuine and counterfeit vaccines respectivelyIf a customer questions, it will be injected with positive goodsThe price of the vaccine in the centre is basically the same as the market price, not to attract customers at low prices"so far, a 35-year-old female director and two female staff members have been arrested at the Garvey Medical and Vaccine Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, and a 49-year-old male director of the Medical Centre and a 33-year-old male staff member have been arrested at the Xinying Medical Centre in Kwun Tong" Department of Health and Customs have not yet released how many people have used the vaccine, and the source of the fake vaccine is not yet known"The Hong Kong Democratic Alliance for the Betterers Legislative Council member and spokesman for health affairs, Mrs Jiang Li-yin, responded in an interview with Southern Weekend"The Department of Health and Customs have not yet disclosed how many people have used the vaccines, and the source of the fake vaccine is not known"
According to a previous circular of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's website, it was reported that under the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Goods Description Ordinance, it is an offence for any person to sell or sell counterfeit goods for sale purposes and, upon conviction, is liable to a maximum fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five yearsIn addition, under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, it is an offence for any person to fail to administer any poison listed in Part 1 of the Poisons List in accordance with the provisions of the Provisions and, upon conviction, is liable to a maximum fine of HK$100,000 and imprisonment for two yearsin fact, hong Kong is not the first time exposed the fake nine-price HPV vaccine incident, as early as May this year, the "Great Gazette" has been exposed the Hong Kong Ring Asia Medical Examination Group suspected of providing "water cargo" HPV nine-price vaccine incident, the company has now declared the completion of liquidation.