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The vice chairman of the National Adverse Events Post-Immunization Committee (NAEFIC), Dr. Rommel Lobo, speaks during an online press conference.
MANILA, Philippines – The health worker who died after receiving a coronavirus vaccine had comorbidities that may have put her at risk of developing COVID-19 despite inoculation, an official with the National Adverse Events Committee said Thursday. Immunization (NAEFIC).
Before the vaccination, NAEFIC Vice President Dr. Rommel Lobo said the 47-year-old health worker stated that she had hypertension, diabetes, and controlled bronchial asthma.
“She developed symptoms (of COVID-19) after vaccination. Like I said, the vaccine has nothing to do with the infection. Exposure is responsible for this, the COVID-19 virus could be responsible for all the symptoms, ”explained Lobo in an online briefing.
“So, the comorbidities present in this patient put her at risk of developing COVID-19, but it will not contribute to the association or contribute to the death of the patient,” he added.
The Department of Health and the Food and Drug Administration previously said that the vaccinated health worker had died from COVID-19 and not from the vaccine itself.
The health worker was vaccinated with the Sinovac COVID-19 CoronaVac vaccine on March 4 and had no symptoms on examination, Lobo said.
On March 8, when the health worker tested positive for COVID-19, “she was advised for admission, but she refused.”
On March 10, she was finally admitted to a hospital and three days later she succumbed to COVID-19.
“The COVID-19 vaccine does not cause COVID-19 disease because it is an inactivated vaccine. And none of the vaccines used in the Philippines can make people sick with COVID-19, ”said Lobo.
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