The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare revealed that a woman in her 60s who had been vaccinated against the new coronavirus four days ago died on the 1st.
This is the first time that the death of a vaccinated person has been confirmed in Japan.
The cause of death is presumed to be subarachnoid hemorrhage, and the medical institution where the woman was vaccinated reports that "the causal relationship with vaccination cannot be evaluated at this time."
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, a female healthcare worker in her 60s died on the 26th of last month when she was vaccinated against a new coronavirus developed by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and others.
The medical institution that was vaccinated on the 2nd reported that the woman died on the 1st.
According to a report from a medical institution, the woman has no underlying disease or allergy, and the cause of death is presumed to be subarachnoid hemorrhage, and "the causal relationship with vaccination cannot be evaluated at this time."
This is the first time that a person vaccinated with the new coronavirus has been confirmed dead in Japan, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will examine it in detail in an expert group in the future.
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare executive "Is it an accidental confusing case?"
One of the executives of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare told NHK that "I think it was an accidental accident after vaccination, but since I just started vaccination, I will announce the negative content firmly. It was announced based on the policy. "
Expert Committee member "There are no reports related to subarachnoid hemorrhage in overseas cases."
A member of the expert group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, which evaluates the safety of the new coronavirus vaccine, has announced comments on this death case.
Professor Tomohiro Morio of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, who is the chairman of the expert group, said, "Subarachnoid hemorrhage, which is suspected to be the cause of death, is considered to be a relatively common disease in people in their 40s and 60s. However, even in overseas inoculation cases, it seems that there is no connection between subarachnoid hemorrhage and the new corona vaccine. It may be an accidental case, but more information will be collected and evaluated by the future council. I need to go. "
In addition, Okaaki Hospital Director of Saitama Children's Medical Center said, "It is thought that it is subarachnoid hemorrhage, and if so, it is often caused by rupture of the arterial aneurysm that has existed for a long time. Regarding the relationship with the vaccine, it seems that there are no reports of an increase in subarachnoid hemorrhage after the new corona vaccination, even in overseas clinical trials and reports after vaccination. After collecting more information about this, it will be considered by the council in the future. "
No certain pattern of reasons for death from the US CDC
Cases of death after vaccination with the new coronavirus have been reported in countries where vaccination was carried out prior to Japan, but the CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States said that the reason for the death was the vaccine. There are no fixed patterns that indicate safety issues.
According to the CDC, the United States has been vaccinated more than 63 million times since December 14th last year and by the 21st of last month (February), and 1099 people have died after vaccination. ..
The rate is 0.0015%, and we are investigating each case whether there is a causal relationship with vaccination by CDC etc., but so far, it is constant that the reason for death indicates the problem of vaccine safety. The pattern is not seen, and the new coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective.