This Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement in reference to information that has been shared on social networks, reporting that an 86-year-old woman recently died from receiving two doses of different brands of the covid vaccine. -19.
The statement describes this news as “false information”, stating that the woman received two doses of the same vaccine, Covaxin, on April 17 and last Saturday.
The Ministry of Health added that “the corresponding investigation is being carried out,” and the results of the autopsy of the deceased woman are currently awaited.
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