10 dead in Germany within 4 days of Covid-19 vaccine inoculation; probe ordered

After deaths of 10 people who passed away soon after having been inoculated against novel coronavirus disease, Specialists from Germany's Paul Ehrlich Institute are looking into it. Brigitte Keller-Stanislawski, he of institute's department of safety of medicinal products and medical devices, said on Thursday.

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deceased were aged between 79 to 93, all with antecedent diseases. time between vaccination and death ranged from several hours to four days, according to medical expert.

"Until yesterday we h nine cases; we have to wait for data from Lower Saxony [about anor alleged case], n re will be 10. We are talking about patients in extremely grave condition, with multiple diseases, who were receiving palliative treatment. I have alrey said that we are studying se cases ... Based on our current data we assume y died from ir main diseases, coinciding in time with vaccination," Keller-Stanislawski said at a press conference.

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Germany's Vaccination Campaign 

Using vaccine developed by companies Pfizer and BioNTech, Germany launched a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in late December. Till this date, 842,000 people have received vaccine. Those over 80 are first ones to get vaccinated followed by residents and staff at nursing homes as well as medical personnel.

institute also reported six anaphylaxis (severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction) cases. So far, including 51 severe ones, re have been 325 cases of side-effects allegedly related to vaccine. Those results are within expectations and correspond to US vaccination statistics, Keller-Stanislawski stated.

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(With ANI Inputs)