Updated: 16 Jan 2021, 10:33
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NORWEGIAN health chiefs have adjusted their vaccine advice after doctors can t rule out if 23 people died from the jab s side effects.
All of the fatalities were elderly care home patients over the age of 80.
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Steinar Madsen, medical director of Norwegian Medicines Agency, said they are not alarmed at the deaths Credit: Euronews
Earlier this week, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said that any side effects of the vaccine will be outweighed by a reduced risk of becoming seriously ill with Covid for elderly people.
Health officials have not expressed concern about the deaths but instead plan to adjust their guidance on who should receive the vaccine.
23 die in Norway after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine - officials | 15 Jan 2021 | Twenty-three people died in Norway within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, with 13 of those deaths all nursing home patients apparently related to the side effects of the shots, health officials said. Common reactions to the vaccine, including fever and
More than 30,000 people have received the first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna coronavirus vaccine in the Scandinavian country since the end of December, according to official figures.
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The Norwegian Medicines Agency and the National Institute of Public Health has reported 23 deaths that it believes are associated with the COVID-19 vaccine.
The deaths all occurred in elderly people, who were frail, after receiving their first dose of the vaccine.
Of the 23 deaths, 13 have been assessed by the department, with Sigurd Hortemo, chief physician at the Norwegian Medicines Agency, indicating that a common adverse reaction occurred from the mRNA vaccine, including fever and nausea, and contributed to the deaths of some of the elderly recipients of the shot.
The agency said that large studies of the vaccine, which was identified by the New York Post as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, did not include patients that were unstable or had acute illnesses. The studies also did not have many participants that were over the age of 85.
2021-01-16 03:35:50 GMT2021-01-16 11:35:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) An adverse reaction to the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine may be responsible for as many as 23 reported deaths among frail and elderly patients in nursing homes in Norway, said a press release from the Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA) on Friday.
The studies on Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech) included few participants aged over 85 and did not include patients with unstable or acute illness, according to NoMA. The assessment suggests that common adverse reactions to mRNA vaccines, such as fever and nausea, may have contributed to a fatal outcome in some frail patients, said Sigurd Hortemo, NoMA s chief physician.