Published 13:59 IST, January 19th 2021
Norway: COVID-19 vaccine has 'no direct link' with post-inoculation deaths
Statens Legemiddelverk, Norway’s medical agency said, “All reports of deaths among weak and frail patients after COVID-19 vaccination was carefully considered."
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In aftermath of at least 33 deaths allegedly from Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, health authorities in rway said that " direct link" h been established between Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine and post-vaccination deaths in country. EU nation started mass vaccination campaign on December 27, and post-immunisation, reports of deaths in elderly and vulnerable citizens emerged which were being linked to jabs. medical director of rwegian Medicines ncy clarified in a statement that while situation is alarming, only a ‘small exception’ has been ted in side effects of Pfizer vaccine that may have caused death.
In an official release on its website, Statens Legemiddelverk, rway’s medical ncy said, "All reports of deaths after vaccination are carefully considered", ding that at least "33 deaths have been reported in connection with vaccination, and 13 of se have been assessed". ncy stressed that common side effects may have contributed to a severe course in frail elderly people. "mRNA vaccines tend to cause side effects such as fever and nausea, which may have led to deaths in some weak and frail patients with co-morbidities", Sigurd Hortemo, chief physician at rwegian Medicines ncy said in statement.
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Worsening of 'underlying diseases'
rwegian Medicines ncy and National Institute of Public Health jointly assessed all reports of side effects and found that deaths were t caused due to vaccines but due to health complications in terminally ill patients, director-general of rwegian Institute of Public Health Camilla Stoltenberg stated in a statement. Thus far, Scandinavian country has iculated nearly 25,000 citizens with Pfizer Inc’s mRNA [messenger Ribonucleic acid]-based vaccines. Of deaths analysed, nine serious side effects and seven less serious side effects have been ted,” rwegian Medicines ncy (NMA) said. refore, country recommended that healthcare workers consider overall health of weak, most frail persons and comorbidities prior to ministering shot. NMA report indicated that jab resulted in worsening of underlying diseases and led to a fatal outcome in some frail patients, vaccine, however, h direct links with deaths recorded.
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13:59 IST, January 19th 2021