Norway warns of COVID vaccine at risk for patients over 80, reveals 23 killed shortly after injections

Institute of Public HealthNorway Warn thatVaccinepreventCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) It may be too risky for the elderly and terminally ill.

Norwegian health officials said 23 people had died after being vaccinated.COVID-19 The first dose was not long and 13 in this group have been clinically proven to have similar side effects. This may be caused by a severe reaction in weakly healthy elderly people.

“For the most severely vulnerable Even the vaccine has few side effects. Can cause serious consequences “ The Norwegian Institute of Public Health stated.

“For those whose life is very short The benefits of a vaccine are either surplus or insignificant. “

The new head of the European Medical Organization, Ms Emercook, said the recommendation does not mean that younger and healthier people should avoid the vaccine. But this warning is just like advice to be careful.

Still, Ms. Cook said monitoring the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine, especially those using new technologies such as messenger RNA (mRNA), was one of the biggest challenges when it came to the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccines are used in a broad spectrum.

A reaction resulting from an allergic reaction to that vaccine So far, there have been few cases where US officials have reported 21 severe allergic reactions between Dec 14-23 last year after the first 1.9 million doses of the vaccine at Pfizer. Inc. and Biontec SE as developers, equivalent to 11.1 allergic reactions per 1 million doses of vaccine.

Pfizer’s vaccine is even approved for use in the EU. And has been tried among thousands of people This included volunteers over 80 years of age, however, the average age of the subjects was approximately 50 years, while when actually injected. Many countries choose to first give the injection to older people at high risk of the virus.

So far, Norway has vaccinated at least one dose of approximately 33,000 people, focusing on the high-risk groups first, including the elderly.

In France, one weakened patient died in a nursing home just two hours after being vaccinated, but officials said. The patient has a history of serious illness. And there was no indication that the death was vaccine-related.

The pharmaceutical safety agency in France It was reported Thursday (Jan. 14) that four people had severe allergic reactions and two had an irregular heartbeat following vaccination.

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