A 75-year-old man died just hours after being vaccinated against Covid-19. What the doctors say

The man had pre-existing conditions and had suffered heart attacks in the past, the ministry said. The director general of the Ministry of Health, Chezy Levy, has launched an investigation into the incident.

“We share the pain of the family”, Levy said in a statement.

The man was vaccinated around 8:30 am at a clinic. She stayed in the unit, as was the procedure, for a short time to see if any side effects occurred. Since he felt good, he was allowed to go home.

Levy noted that the early findings show no connection between the man’s death and his vaccination.

It should be noted that after Pfizer submitted its safety data to the US Food and Drug Administration in early December, it was discovered that two study participants died after receiving the vaccine. One of the dead was “immunosuppressed”, meaning that the person’s immune defenses were down.

At the time, Israel’s Midaat Association responded to the report of the death, explaining that when vaccines are given to people at risk, “there can be unfortunate cases. We should not infer from this that the vaccine is not safe, but we should be grateful for the transparency of the pharmaceutical companies in the drug approval process. ”

The association noted that in large trials involving tens of thousands of people, the death may not be related to the process, but that large companies like Pfizer are required to report such deaths.

“According to published data, six of the participants in the experiment died, two of whom received the vaccine and four from the control group,Said Dr. Uri Lerner, scientific director of the Midaat Association. “After careful examination, no connection was found between the experiment and the cause of death. “

Conspiracy theories about the side effects and alleged dangers of the recently released coronavirus vaccines have spread rapidly across social media.

The main side effects reported in the studies of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were pain, swelling and redness at the injection site and chills, fatigue and general headache. But these effects lasted a few days at most.

Long-term side effects are still unknown, as vaccines are too new to be known. However, most health officials said they believe the vaccines will not cause long-term harm. In Israel, more than 80% of medical personnel are expected to be vaccinated.

Since Monday morning, Israel has vaccinated 380,000 citizens with the first dose of vaccine. According to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, 99,000 people were vaccinated on Sunday.

Israel currently vaccinates medical personnel, people over the age of 60, and people with chronic diseases.

Israel hopes to vaccinate up to 150,000 people a day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday night.