[메디게이트뉴스 하경대 기자] In Austria, a patient who received the AstraZeneca vaccine died, and authorities stopped vaccinating the vaccine.
7 days (local time) According to Reuters A 49-year-old woman working as a nurse in Austria was vaccinated with AstraZeneca and died from worsening blood clotting disorders. In addition, a 35-year-old woman had a serious pulmonary embolism. Currently, the woman’s condition is known to have improved.
As the safety problems of the AstraZeneca vaccine continue to arise, the Austrian Federal Health and Safety Office has stopped vaccinating the vaccinations in question. However, a direct link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and death has not yet been established.
Health officials said that “blood clotting is not included among the side effects of vaccination. However, an epidemiological investigation will be conducted thoroughly to find a causal relationship with death.”
Meanwhile, in Korea, reports of side effects related to the AstraZeneca vaccine are constantly being reported.
As of 7 days, the number of reports of adverse reactions to vaccination was 3689, all except for 18 cases of Pfizer vaccine related to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Most of the reports were mild cases such as headache and fever, but there were 42 suspected cases of anaphylaxis and 7 cases of severe suspicion.
To date, 9 cases of AstraZeneca vaccine death have been reported, including 1 in their 20s, 1 in their 40s, 4 in their 50s, and 3 in their 60s. All of them suffered from underlying diseases, and all were hospitalized patients in nursing hospitals except for one inhabitants of a severely handicapped facility.
The government will discuss and announce whether AstraZeneca vaccine will be vaccinated for the elderly over the age of 65 this week.