The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare revealed last week that an elderly woman vaccinated against the new coronavirus died.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, "Although we cannot evaluate the causal relationship with vaccination, we would like you to consider postponing vaccination if you are not feeling well."
The person who died was a 102-year-old woman who was vaccinated against Pfizer on the 12th of this month.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, he died four days after the vaccination and was diagnosed with erroneous pneumonia and chronic heart failure before the vaccination.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "I am old and may not have been in good general condition, so I cannot evaluate the causal relationship between vaccination and death."
At an expert group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare held on the 23rd, attendees said, "In the shortage of vaccines, you may want to get a vaccine that is in your turn, but avoid it when you are not feeling well. "It should be".
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is calling on local governments and medical institutions to postpone vaccination for people who are not feeling well or whose underlying illness is worsening, and consider giving vaccination after recovery. ..
So far, a total of 10 vaccinated health care workers and the elderly have died, and none of them could be evaluated for their causal relationship with vaccination.
88 cases of anaphylaxis with more than 1.93 million times
Meanwhile, the latest number of anaphylaxis cases was also announced.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as a result of analyzing the cases reported by medical institutions as "suspicion of anaphylaxis" after more than 1.93 million vaccinations by the 18th of this month, it corresponds to anaphylaxis. There were 88 cases.
That's 46 cases per million times.
Eighty-six percent of people who developed anaphylaxis were women in their twenties and fifties.
Upon receiving the report, an expert group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare stated that "there are no serious concerns affecting the vaccination system at this time" and that the vaccination will be continued.