Switzerland – In the canton of Lucerne, a person died after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, as confirmed by the local health department. Accordingly, it has not been proven whether there is a connection between the vaccination and the death.
A person from the canton of Lucerne died after the corona vaccination. The responsible health department confirmed a corresponding report from zeitpunkt.ch.
The Lucerne Health Directorate reported the case to the Swiss Medicines Institute, Swissmedic, which had approved the vaccine administered by Pfizer / Biontech, as it was called at the request of Keystone-SDA.
On the occasion of the approval, Swissmedic announced that it would closely monitor the safety of the vaccine. According to the information at the time, the most common side effects that were documented were those that were comparable to those of a flu vaccination. Swissmedic operates a special online system for medical professionals to report suspected adverse effects.
The authorities have already reported to the therapeutic products institute Swissmedic, which is responsible for the approval of vaccines. However, the spokeswoman did not give any further details. No information was given on the connection with the vaccination.
According to the zeitpunkt.ch report published on Wednesday, the person was vaccinated on December 24th in a facility for dementia patients and died on December 29th.
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