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The Son La Health Department concludes that the 2-month-old girl died of anaphylaxis, not related to the quality of the vaccine.
On October 15, the Son La Province Health Department said that immediately after recognizing the death of a patient after 5-in-1 vaccination, the Department established a Professional Advisory Council to evaluate and find the cause. The Council has the participation of experts from the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, responsible for the Department of Health, Center for Disease Control and Son La Provincial General Hospital.
After careful consideration, the Board concluded that children who died from grade 4 anaphylaxis did not recover with the 5-in-1 DPT-VGB-Hib (ComBE Five) vaccine, not related to poor quality of the vaccine or due to vaccination practice against the norms.
An 8-month-old girl of Mr. Lo Van N. in the Chieng An neighborhood of the city. Son La is one of 5 children hospitalized after receiving the 5 in 1 vaccine on the morning of October 12. Image. T. Hanh
In the next 5 hospitalized children, there were 2 cases of grade 3 anaphylaxis with vaccines and they are now stable.
In the early morning of October 12, many clinics in Son La organized extended immunization for children. Baby H., 2 months old in Chieng Xom commune, Son La city, was vaccinated at 9.50 a.m. M. On the same day.
After arriving home for 3 hours, the baby presented cyanosis, difficulty breathing, was taken to the emergency medical post according to an anaphylactic shock regime and then transferred to Son La General Hospital but at 4:00 on the same day it has not finished.
Also, more than a day after that, 5 more children showed abnormal signs after the injection, of which 2 children had grade 3 anaphylaxis, 2 had a high fever and vomiting.
According to the National Open Immunization Office, the batch of 5-in-1 vaccines given to children in Son La was also injected in many other provinces, but did not detect any abnormalities.
In the first 3 months of this year, immunization facilities recorded 17 cases of serious complications after vaccination, including 6 deaths.
Thuy Hanh
The baby died at 2 months, another 3 children were hospitalized after vaccination 5 in 1
After the 5 in 1 vaccination, a 2-month-old girl in Son La died and another 3 cases were being treated at the hospital.
