l Rumyana Penkina was overweight and had heart problems
l Forensic doctor: We do not find a direct link with the vaccine
l Stops the electronic register
A 57-year-old woman from the Plovdiv village of Joakim Gruevo died on Friday night, hours after being vaccinated with AstraZeneca. The manipulation was performed in the medical center in the town of Stamboliyski, explained the head of RHI – Plovdiv, Dr. Vanya Mancheva.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has ordered the suspension of immunizations with AstraZeneca until a clear opinion is received from the European Medicines Agency that there is no problem with it. Yes
in practice it was
stopped the mass
vaccination
in Bulgaria
Rumyana Penkina returned home after the injection and died at about 3 o’clock in the morning, the mayor of Joakim Gruevo Naum Nihtyanov told 24 Chassa. The woman has been living in the village on a family basis for several years. Her husband was engaged in animal husbandry, she helped him.
Due to the fatal case, the Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov arrived in Plovdiv. “We waited for the autopsy to be completed. The working diagnosis is
sharp
cardiovascular
failure, “he said. But the final results of Forensic Medicine are awaited.
Penkina had a number of concomitant diseases – she was overweight, underwent heart surgery in 2005, and had a bypass, the minister said. Definitely
no formed
blood clots,
he explained. Cases of thrombosis in Austria, one fatal, have prompted her and some other EU countries to suspend the use of the Oxford vaccine the day before.
Angelov clarified that the deceased woman
it was not
immunized with
problematic
batch
Earlier it became clear that the doses from the batch in question were received in our country on February 12 – over 32 thousand, and have already been delivered. About 3 in 1,000 had side effects.
A day earlier, the minister announced another death – a month ago, but did not specify what type of vaccine it was. He was adamant that there was no link between the death and the injection.
At this stage it is not possible to talk about a direct causal link between the vaccine and the incident with the woman from Joakim Gruevo, commented the forensic doctor Assoc. Prof. Pavel Timonov. All necessary biological materials for research have been taken,
The PCR test
of the woman
was negative
Prof. Angelov assured that there are no worries about the people who have been vaccinated so far.
“We had to take preventive measures. Let the citizens be calm, “he said.
At the moment, vaccination in Bulgaria is taking place with AstraZeneca, as there are no RNA vaccines. Quantities reserved for the immunization of election commission members are expected to be released, which is coming to an end.
The decision to suspend Oxford’s drug for now was made in a meeting with the prime minister, the minister explained. And while Borissov was announcing it, in dozens of points the vaccine was given to people who signed up electronically.
For the latter
day and night
be around
15 thousand doses
Those of the open vials continued to be placed, health officials explained.
The electronic register is also temporarily suspended. The dates of those who have already signed up will be moved. The immunization will continue in phases with the other vaccines we have, but they are in small quantities, the minister admitted. They came on Friday
new 80,000 on
AstraZeneka
They are stored
and their use will resume after the decision of the Medicines Agency.
Do not play with people’s fears, Angelov urged. But he suspects there will be political speculation. “We do not hide anything from people, we do not allow ourselves such behavior,” he assured.
“The government owes an answer to the fact that its actions put the health and tranquility of the citizens at stake. And with different messages their trust in the state collapses “, reacted Prof. Georgi Mihailov from BSP. The Socialists ask why, while other countries stopped working with this vaccine, it continued to be given in our country until noon, when the Prime Minister decided to stop it. The EU has signed contracts with pharmaceutical companies, but Borissov’s cabinet has determined which vaccines we will take from which quantities, so we are last in terms of immunizations, the BSP accused. And Cornelia Ninova demanded answers from the Council of Ministers under the Law on Access to Public Information on 15 questions about vaccination.
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