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The nurse, who had no previous history of allergies, is now in a stable condition after receiving immediate treatment at the hospital in Juneau, Alaska, where she was given the COVID-19 vaccination. The woman is understood to have suffered a severe anaphylactic reaction that began 10 minutes after receiving the vaccine, the New York Times reported.
Two healthcare workers in US develop allergic reactions to Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine
The Pfizer vaccine was shown to be safe with an efficacy rate of about 95 per cent in a clinical trial involving 44,000 participants.
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The two people, both health workers, were vaccinated in Alaska and one of them had a serious or anaphylactic reaction resulting in hospitalization. (Photo | AFP) By PTI
NEW YORK: Two healthcare workers, who received Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine, developed concerning reactions, even as the US rolled out the vaccine to frontline healthcare workers and high-risk individuals amid increasing COVID-19 infections across the country.
Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 10:07 IST
An Alaskan health worker had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer Inc and BioNTech s coronavirus vaccine minutes after taking the Pfizer shot on Tuesday was similar to two cases reported last week. Woman suffers allergic reaction similar to ones reported in Britain after being given Pfizer vaccine | Photo Credit: Pixabay
Alaska: An Alaskan health worker had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer Inc and BioNTech s coronavirus vaccine, but is now stable, public health authorities said on Wednesday. The adverse reaction in the person, minutes after taking the Pfizer shot on Tuesday, was similar to two cases reported last week in Britain.