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Münster (dpa / lnw) - According to the Herford district, a 32-year-old woman died in connection with a vaccination with Astrazeneca.
According to Wednesday's announcement, according to a finding by the Institute for Immunology and Transfusion Medicine at the University of Greifswald, which specializes in such immune reactions, an immune reaction to the vaccine led to the woman's death.
The cause was therefore a coagulation disorder with bleeding into the brain.
At the request of the Bielefeld public prosecutor's office, the woman was autopsied by forensic medicine in Münster.
She died on March 9th several days after being vaccinated.
The district involved the State Center for Health and the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI).
The PEI, based in Frankfurt, is responsible for the approval and evaluation of drugs.
«We are deeply saddened by the death of the young woman who was torn from the middle of life.
With the vaccination she wanted to protect herself and above all other people.
Our deepest sympathy goes to the relatives of the deceased, ”said District Administrator Jürgen Müller (SPD) according to the announcement.
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Since April 1st, the Standing Vaccination Commission has only recommended vaccination with the Astrazeneca product for people over 60 years of age.
The reason were rare cases of certain cerebral vein thromboses.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, these serious, sometimes fatal side effects were mainly observed in women aged up to 55 years.
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