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A soldier stationed in the Aizoain barracks (Navarra), the 35-year-old FPB corporal,

died

this Friday in the Pamplona hospital where he was admitted in a very serious condition after having been administered the

AstraZeneca

vaccine

.

The death has been confirmed by the Government of Navarra, which, in a statement, has reported that the Pharmacovigilance Center of the Department of Health has received a notification of an "

adverse event with a fatal outcome

" from a person who had been vaccinated with Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca covid vaccine) on April 7.

This person has died after suffering a "

cerebral sinus thrombosis

with thrombocytopenia and cerebral hemorrhage", adds the Executive who has communicated this adverse event, according to the planned procedure, to the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) as well as the rest Autonomous Centers of Pharmacovigilance.

The case, according to current protocols, will be studied by the AEMPS in a network investigation about what happened with the administration of this vaccine.

The Spanish Pharmacovigilance System for Medicines for Human Use (SEFV-H), made up of the Autonomous Centers of Pharmacovigilance and coordinated by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS), permanently assesses the suspected

adverse reactions

reported in Spain with all authorized drugs, including vaccines and their different types.

As reported by the Spanish Troop and Sailor Association (ATME), after his vaccination, the corporal "suffered

severe headaches and acute discomfort

, which forced him to go to the first aid kit and later to the emergency services of a center health, from which he was referred to the clinic where he died.

Given the seriousness of the state of the Cape, the Army had already stressed this morning that its priority is "to

support his family in everything they need

and to accompany them in these difficult times for everyone."

At the same time, he has pointed out that he is not going to make any kind of assessment of the circumstances that may have caused this situation, pending the studies and reports that must be carried out by pharmacovigilance.

Likewise, before the fatal outcome, the Defense Minister,

Margarita Robles

, had expressed her pain and solidarity with the military's family.

Robles, who has explained that "as always when there is a case in which this situation may have occurred derived from the administration of a vaccine, they will go to Pharmacovigilance to carry out the

corresponding studies

", has commented that "at the moment it seems that it was immediately after the administration of the vaccine has occurred ".

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