The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to pay a lump-sum death payment to the six men and women who died after being vaccinated with the new coronavirus vaccine, saying that the possibility of death due to vaccination cannot be denied.
One of them is a 44-year-old woman, the first among those under the age of 60.
Regarding the vaccination against the new coronavirus, if the government recognizes that a causal relationship cannot be denied for a person who died after being vaccinated, a lump-sum death benefit will be paid based on the Vaccination Act, and so far, people in their 70s and older. Four men and women in their 90s are recognized.
On the 7th, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will newly target six people, a 44-year-old woman and five men and women between the ages of 80 and 87, who died of subarachnoid hemorrhage or myocardial infarction after vaccination. decided.
All of them had underlying diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, so the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has determined that a causal relationship cannot be denied based on the death certificates and medical records.
The type of vaccine and the number of doses given were not disclosed.
This brings the number of people who have been approved to receive lump-sum death benefits to 10.