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ZURICH: The Swiss drug regulator Swissmedic said on Wednesday (December 30) that it did not see any link between the death of a 91-year-old in the canton of Lucerne and the COVID-19 vaccine, adding that the deceased suffered from multiple diseases. before receiving the vaccine. .
“Clarifications from the cantonal health authorities and swissmedic determined that, as a result of the history of the disease and the course of the disease, it was highly unlikely that there was a link between death and the COVID-19 vaccine,” the regulator said in a statement.
Swissmedic said the above illnesses would be listed on the death certificate as the person’s “natural cause of death.”
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Lucerne was the site of the first vaccines in Switzerland last week, with an injection from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech administered primarily to older people.
Switzerland has received 107,000 doses of Pfizer / BioNTech so far and expects to receive 250,000 per month starting next year.
Neither Lucerne nor swissmedic disclosed the time that elapsed between the person who received the injection and the moment of death. The gender of the person was not given.
The Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is the only vaccine approved so far in Switzerland. It was approved on an emergency basis in the United States and Great Britain, and has conditional marketing approval in the European Union after trials in tens of thousands of people.
Pfizer said its thoughts were with the family of the deceased.
“It is important to note that, unfortunately, serious adverse events, including deaths that are not related to the vaccine, are likely to occur at a rate similar to what would occur in the general elderly and at-risk population currently being treated. prioritizes them for vaccination. “said the US-based company.
Millions of doses of the vaccine have been administered. Several people have had allergic reactions after the injections, although those incidents were quickly resolved.
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