The World Health Organization (WHO) admitted this Friday that there have been cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) in people who had just received mRNA vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) against COVID-19, but stressed that it is very infrequent situations and generally of a mild nature.
Given the reappearance of reports and news on the relationship between vaccines and coronary problemsespecially in the United States, the director of the WHO Immunization Department, Kate O’Brien, assured at a press conference that “there is no evidence of a relationship between vaccination and heart attacks«.
«The risk of myocarditis induced by the vaccine, but they are very rare cases, which when they occur are usually mild inflammations, which respond well to treatment and disappear within a few days, being less serious than other types of myocarditis,” he said.
“Our recommendation remains that the benefits of vaccination against COVID-19 outweigh the potential risks,” added O’Brien, who also warned that COVID-19 can cause heart problems in the body, including coronary attacks and strokes.
