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BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thai health officials were quick to quell public fears on Friday (March 26) after confirming that a man had died 10 days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine earlier this month.
The cause of death was from an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and a rupture, said senior health official Sopon Mekton, adding that the country’s vaccination campaign will continue.
The man was inoculated on March 3 and died on March 13.
“I am sure this death is due to the aneurysm and is not related to the vaccine,” Dr. Sopon said at a news conference.
An AAA is inflammation of the main blood vessel leading from the heart, and ruptures can be fatal.
The man, whose age was not disclosed, had a pre-existing health condition and had undergone surgery in January, said health official Tawee Chotpitayasunond, who described him as “a time bomb in the body.”
Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul urged the public to get vaccinated.
So far, Thailand has administered around 136,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, mostly using those from China’s Sinovac Biotech, but AstraZeneca vaccines have also been administered.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was the first in Thailand to receive an AstraZeneca injection on March 16, which was delayed several days after reports in Europe of blood clots among some recipients.
Those inoculated in Thailand so far have been front-line medical workers or groups considered at risk due to possible exposure to the virus, or due to their age and pre-existing health conditions.
Thailand has reported 28,577 Covid-19 infections and 92 deaths.
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