IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) A health care worker has died at UC Irvine Medical Center after receiving his second dose of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine, the Orange County Register reported Tuesday.
Tim Zook, a 60-year-old X-ray technologist at South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, started having breathing problems and an upset stomach within hours after the second shot was administered, according to the newspaper.
He died days later, on Saturday.
Zook s family said he had high blood pressure and was slightly overweight, but he was a proponent of the vaccine.
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IRVINE, Calif. A health care worker has died at UC Irvine Medical Center after receiving his second dose of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine, the Orange County Register reported Tuesday.
Tim Zook, a 60-year-old X-ray technologist at South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, suffered an adverse reaction within hours after the second shot was administered, according to the newspaper.
He died days later, on Saturday.
Zook s family said he had high blood pressure and was slightly overweight, but he was a proponent of the vaccine.
The Orange County coroner s office said it was investigating the man s death, adding that if there is a correlation to the vaccine it will notify the OC Heath Care Agency.