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Updated Jan 18, 2021 | 18:44 IST
The 29 cases were enough for Norway to revise its advisory, with the NMA now suggesting that, in the case of elderly and vulnerable patients, vaccine administration will be left to the doctor s discretion. A woman receives the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination against COVID-19 on 18 January, 2021. | Photo Credit: AP
Key Highlights
Norway has administered, at least, a single dose of the approved vaccine to over 42,000 people, the large majority of whom are elderly
It is expected that, as countries proceed with their immunisation programmes, more cases of rare reactions to vaccines will crop up
The other aspect to consider is that, given that the cases in Norway all involved frail and elderly patients, it is important to determine to what degree, if any at all, the vaccine may have contributed to the fatalities
What you need to know about the claims 23 people died after getting the Covid-19 vaccine in Norway
18 January 2021
Our verdict
True as of 14 January, but we don’t know for certain that getting the vaccine was what caused these people’s deaths. There’s a possibility that side effects of these vaccines, such as nausea and fever, contributed to the deaths of these 23 elderly patients. As of 17 January there had been 33 such deaths.
We’ve been asked by our readers to investigate claims that 23 people died in Norway after getting the Covid-19 vaccination.
According to the Norwegian Medicines Agency, as of 14 January there had been 23 deaths “associated with” getting a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination, of which 13 had been assessed so far.
Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 17January 2021
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