Regarding the new coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that an 11-year-old child died after the third vaccination.
This is the first time that a child has died after the third dose of the vaccine aged 5 to 11 years, and the association with vaccination cannot be assessed at this time.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced at a meeting of experts held on the 7th that a medical institution reported that an 11-year-old boy who received the third dose of Pfizer's vaccine died on the 24th of last month. did.
This child was vaccinated on the 19th of last month and died five days later, and the doctor reported that the cause of death was believed to be multiple organ failure due to acute encephalopathy and sepsis.
On the other hand, experts and the subcommittee say that the relationship between vaccination and death cannot be evaluated at this time, citing the possibility that the asthma medicines they were taking could be related.
This is the second case of death after vaccination with the new corona vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, and the first time that a child died after the third vaccination.
The third vaccination of 5- to 11-year-olds began in early last month, and by the 29th of last month, it was estimated that more than 18,000 vaccinations had been given.