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Wuhan pneumonia continues to harm the world and the arrival of effective vaccines has ushered in the dawn to curb the epidemic. Countries have successively carried out vaccination plans against Wuhan pneumonia. However, a 41-year-old medical worker in Porto, northern Portugal, recently received the first dose of the Wuhan pneumonia vaccine developed by the American pharmaceutical company “Pfizer” and the German biotechnology company “BioNTech” and died 48 hours later. , The cause of death is temporarily unknown. Her father told the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha (Correio da Manha) that his daughter had no health problems, illnesses or other complications. The local health department will perform an autopsy on the 4th, hoping to clarify the cause of death.

The Morning Post reported that 41-year-old Sonia Acevedo is a mother of two, works at the Portuguese Center for Cancer Research in Porto and was vaccinated with 537 other doctors and nurses at the same hospital on 30 last month. First dose of the Pfizer vaccine. She had no adverse reactions several hours after vaccination, but 48 hours later, she was found lying in bed at her partner’s home around 11am on day 1. She was still pronounced dead after rescue.

The hospital statement noted that more than 500 doctors and nurses at the hospital have been vaccinated, lamenting the accident and extending their condolences to Acevedo’s family. In the first days after the launch and widespread injection of the Pfizer vaccine, three countries reported that at least four vaccinated seniors ages 75 to 91 died of heart attacks; In all cases, patients Complications occur between 2 hours and 5 days after vaccination.

All four deaths occurred in Kalmar, Sweden. An 85-year-old man died of heart disease the day after receiving the vaccine. Two people died in Israel, one of them a 75-year-old man from Beit She’an who died of a heart attack two hours after being vaccinated. The second was an 88-year-old man who also died in Jerusalem two hours after the vaccination. In Lucerne, Switzerland, a 91-year-old man living in a nursing home died 5 days after being vaccinated with Pfizer BioNtech.

The US political news website “Politico” reported that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted documents related to the vaccine on Pfizer’s official website on the 8th of last month. In addition to the preliminary certification of the 95% effectiveness of the vaccine, it also revealed for the first time that the clinical trial process was 6 volunteers died, but it is certain that the cause of death has nothing to do with the vaccine, and the FDA determined that the Pfizer vaccine is safe.

According to statistics from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of last month, of the 270,001 people who received Pfizer vaccines in the United States, 6 cases reported severe allergies. In the UK, at least two people developed allergic symptoms after vaccination. Among them, serious allergic reactions caused by the Pfizer vaccine include shortness of breath, swelling of the face and throat, rapid heartbeat, a severe skin rash all over the body, dizziness and fatigue. The Ministry of Health of Mexico also reported on day 1 that a 32-year-old female doctor in the country began to have seizures and difficulty breathing after being vaccinated by Pfizer, currently Mexico is studying this serious case of adverse reaction to the vaccine. The initial diagnosis is encephalomyelitis.

Additionally, according to the Israeli health department, among the nearly 1 million vaccinators, about 240 were diagnosed with the Wuhan pneumonia virus within days of receiving the Pfizer vaccine. Common side effects for people after the injection are weakness, dizziness and fever. There were a total of 319 cases, and 5 people reported diarrhea, another 293 people had symptoms such as pain and swelling, 14 people had allergic reactions such as throat and tongue swelling, and 26 people had symptoms related to the nervous system. The Health Ministry stated that only 51 of the people who reported side effects had sought medical treatment.

For people who reported allergic reactions after administration of the Pfizer vaccine, scientists currently believe that the culprit for these allergic reactions may be polyethylene glycol (PEG). Peter Marks, director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biological Research and Evaluation, said: “We are only speculating, but polyethylene glycol, one of the components of the vaccine, is linked to allergic reactions. , although this is not true. common “. He also revealed that the FDA also plans to monitor “very closely” the administration of Modena’s vaccine, because it also contains polyethylene glycol.

Wuhan pneumonia continues to harm the world and the arrival of effective vaccines has brought the dawn to curb the epidemic. Countries have successively carried out vaccination plans against Wuhan pneumonia. However, a 41-year-old medical worker in Porto, northern Portugal, recently received the first dose of the Wuhan pneumonia vaccine developed by the American pharmaceutical company “Pfizer” and the German biotechnology company “BioNTech” and died 48 hours later. , The cause of death is temporarily unknown. Her father told the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha (Correio da Manha) that his daughter had no health problems, illnesses or other complications. The local health department will perform an autopsy on the 4th, hoping to clarify the cause of death.

The Portuguese newspaper “Morning Post” reported that Sonia Acevedo, 41, is the mother of two children, works at the Portuguese Center for Oncological Research in Porto and on the 30th of last month she worked with 537 other doctors at the same hospital. Get the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. She had no adverse reactions several hours after vaccination, but 48 hours later, she was found lying in bed at her partner’s home around 11am on Day 1. She was still pronounced dead after rescue. Her father told the Morning Post that his daughter has no health problems, illnesses or other complications.