Mr. Wilson Lam, 26 years old, woke up at the hospital and was shocked when his face was almost completely paralyzed.

Lam shared that he does not like any specific vaccine manufacturer and only chooses a vaccination center near his home.

He cannot control his left eye.

`I feel worried and scared. Unlike the deaths after injection, I do not have a chronic disease. I play soccer and jog a lot. Basically, I am a healthy person,` he said.

He plans to ask the government for compensation and thinks `I am an unlucky person`.

Wilson Lam, 26 years old, experienced facial paralysis after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.

According to Hong Kong health officials, Lam is the 12th person to experience temporary facial nerve paralysis, also known as Bell’s Palsy, after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.

Bell’s Palsy is a temporary condition that causes facial nerve dysfunction.

The disease usually recovers on its own.

Bell’s Palsy syndrome is on the list of side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

However, Hong Kong medical experts did not find a direct link between the 12 cases of Bell’s Palsy and the vaccine.

According to Professor David Hui Shu, government advisor on Covid-19, there is no evidence to confirm that the vaccine causes Bell’s palsy.

In addition to cases of illness following vaccination, Bell’s Palsy occurs in about 23 out of every 100,000 people in Hong Kong, according to Mr. Hui.

The professor noted that Bell’s palsy is often caused by the herpes virus, and patients need to take antiviral drugs and steroids to reduce facial nerve swelling.

Experts overseeing vaccination in Hong Kong continue to monitor the situation.

Before the mass vaccination campaign began on February 26, the Hong Kong government announced that it would set aside 128 million USD for a compensation fund for people who suffer side effects after vaccination.

Mai Dung (According to SCMP)