A 32-year-old doctor was hospitalized after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Mexico. She was admitted to the intensive care unit after suffering seizures, shortness of breath and a skin rash. Authorities said he has a history of allergic reactions.
The health ministry said the doctor has a history of allergic reactions. (Representation image: Reuters)
Mexican authorities said they are studying the case of a 32-year-old female doctor who was hospitalized after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
The doctor, whose name has not been released, was admitted to the intensive care unit of a public hospital in the northern state of Nuevo León after experiencing seizures, shortness of breath and a skin rash.
“The initial diagnosis is encephalomyelitis,” the Health Ministry said in a statement released Friday night. Encephalomyelitis is an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
The ministry added that the doctor has a history of allergic reactions and said there is no evidence from clinical trials that someone developed inflammation of the brain after applying the vaccine.
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