Regarding the finding of a blood clot as a result of an autopsy in a patient in a nursing hospital in her 60s who reported that she died after vaccination against AstraZeneca (AZ) novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the health authorities said, “The relationship between blood clots and vaccination is low. It is highly likely that he died from a cause other than this.” The authorities reiterated that there is no reason to stop vaccination at the moment, even though they are reviewing future actions after observing the results of an investigation by the European Medicines Safety Agency (EMA) on the 18th of the controversy over the occurrence of blood clots in the AZ vaccine.
Kim Jung-gon, head of the pediatrics and adolescents at Seoul Medical Center, head of the vaccination damage investigation team, announced the results of a meeting on the afternoon of the 8th at the Centers for Disease Control in Cheongju, Chungbuk to review deaths after vaccination and vaccination. I’m doing it. yunhap news
“Suspicious findings of other causes of death”
Authorities “According to AZ Vaccination Plan”
At a briefing of the Corona 19 Vaccination Response Team on the 17th, Kim Jung-gon, head of the immunization damage investigation team (Head of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescents at Seoul Medical Center) said, “There was a long-term underlying disease and a different medical record. He said, “I had some findings that could be suspicious of the cause of death.” Based on this, Mr. Kim said, “It was evaluated that the possibility of death from other causes than vaccination was higher,” and “we concluded that there is no causal relationship with the vaccine.” The authorities explained that the cause of death seen by the medical staff who treated the patient at the time of death was aspiration pneumonia and a respiratory system problem. “When we collected additional data, we had findings corresponding to acute myocardial infarction in addition to aspiration pneumonia,” said Kim. He added that it is difficult to judge other things as cause of death because only anaphylaxis (severe systemic allergic reactions) is officially recognized.”
On the afternoon of the 15th, medical staff are holding AstraZeneca vaccine bottles at the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccination center in the main hall of Seongdong-gu Office in Seoul. News 1
However, Mr. Kim said, “Since the autopsy is in progress on the patient, if the final autopsy result is notified, we plan to re-evaluate it if there are any specific issues.”
“Thrombosis, the likelihood of vaccination is low”
The patient was vaccinated with the AZ vaccine on the 26th of last month, and was reported dead on the 6th of this month. They had symptoms such as difficulty breathing and pale complexion, which led to respiratory failure during treatment, the authorities explained. Medical staff later reported death due to respiratory failure, and a blood clot was confirmed by naked eye while the authorities evaluated causality based on medical records.
However, Captain Kim Jung-gon said it was difficult to determine that the blood clot was caused by the vaccination. He evaluated that the temporal probability was very low, and in the case of influenza (flu) vaccine as well as the Corona 19 vaccine, there were cases where blood clots occurred after vaccination, but it was finally reported as a result that’there is no relationship between vaccination and blood clots’. said.
Regarding the cause of blood clots to the inoculated person, “in foreign countries, thrombosis occurs in more than 100 people per 100,000 people, and the incidence increases with age, so it can occur up to 500 people per 100,000 people.” A phenomenon that you often encounter,” he explained. “Thrombosis is not a disease in a very special situation caused by a vaccine, but it can occur as much as possible in life.” “There are so many reasons for blood clots other than vaccines, so only vaccines You don’t have to be afraid to pinch it,” he added. He said, “To explain the causal relationship of blood clots, more observation is needed.” “Currently, there is no evidence or data to explain the causal relationship between blood clots and vaccines. It is not possible to admit it right now because there is no basis.”
For these reasons, Mr. Kim said, “I think it is possible to inoculate dialysis patients under optimal conditions.” “I think it is beneficial to inoculate while maintaining a good condition where blood clots and bleeding do not occur. “He said.
In the morning of the 17th, the vaccination targets are getting the vaccine in the local vaccination center mock training held at the vaccination center in the indoor tennis court in Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do. Photo co-recruitment group
“It shouldn’t be a problem at EMA”
The authorities said that at the moment there is no basis for stopping the AZ vaccination, and that they will continue the vaccination as planned. In a press release released this morning, the promotion team said, “On March 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not stop vaccination due to fear, saying,’There is no indication that the occurrence of blood clots after vaccination with AstraZeneca Corona 19 was caused by vaccination.’ I advised you to say this,” he said. “The results of the EMA survey also revealed that’there are no evidence related to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for the two cases of thrombosis in Austria, and the number of thromboembolic patients reported in vaccinated people is not higher than in the general population. I did” he added.
The promotion team said, “Up to now, about 570,000 people have been vaccinated with the AZ vaccine, but no case has been confirmed that the relationship between vaccination and thrombosis is recognized. Thrombosis is not a disease included in the adverse reactions of the Corona 19 vaccine, and the vaccine vaccinated in Korea is a vaccine produced in Korea unlike other countries such as Europe.”
Team leader Park Young-joon said, “When the EMA results come out, we will discuss with experts once more and then comprehensively evaluate and explain them.” In the EMA results, Kim Jung-gon said, “I don’t think the formation of blood clots by vaccination will be a big problem.”
Meanwhile, while EMA is investigating, EMA Commissioner Emma Cook said at an online press conference on the 16th that there is no reason to change the existing recommendations. According to Reuters and the like, he stressed, “I am still convinced that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks in preventing coronavirus.” Accordingly, France and Italy suggested that the AstraZeneca vaccination should be resumed as soon as the results of further investigation by EMA come out. However, controversy continues, as Sweden and Latvia decided to temporarily suspend additional vaccinations.
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