A doctor developed an acute allergic reaction to the modern vaccine.

A doctor in Boston, Massachusetts, developed an acute allergic reaction after receiving a coronavirus vaccine developed by “Modern,” the New York Times reported, cited by Nova TV.

According to the publication, the vaccine was administered to a doctor at the local hospital last Thursday. After just a few minutes, he “felt an allergic reaction” and was therefore injected with an anti-allergy drug. The doctor was taken to the emergency department, where he was examined and after a while he was discharged. “Today he feels good,” the newspaper quoted a hospital spokesman as saying.

“Moderna” expressed willingness to investigate the incident carefully, but said he was not ready to comment on an isolated case of allergic reaction.

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According to the New York Times, this is the first time that modern vaccine side effects have been reported. Previously in the United States, several cases of an allergic reaction to a vaccine developed jointly by Pfizer and Biontech were reported.

On December 11, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (FDA) approved a vaccine developed by Pfizer and Biontech, which has already begun to be administered in the country. On December 18, the FDA approved a request from the American company Moderna to register its vaccine against the new coronavirus under an expedited emergency procedure.