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government has decided to recognize pericarditis, one of the heart diseases, as an adverse reaction to the corona vaccine.
The typical symptom of pericarditis is stabbing pain in the chest. If you report damage, you can receive compensation and retroactive treatment costs.
This is Correspondent Han Seong-hee.
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Mo in her 60s, who received the first dose of Pfizer vaccine in September last year, was diagnosed with pericarditis.
[Mr. Lee / Person who has been diagnosed with pericarditis: It is difficult to breathe, and it seems that the heart continues to stop…
I feel like I'm going to die, so...
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Mo Yoon, in his 20s, who received the Pfizer vaccine in July of last year also experienced similar symptoms.
[Mr. Yoon / Person who has been diagnosed with pericarditis: palpitations, shortness of breath, chest tightness, such symptoms…
(Symptoms lasted about a month and a half.]
Pericarditis is a disease in which the pericardium, the thin membrane surrounding the heart, becomes inflamed.
The government has decided to compensate for the cost of treatment, acknowledging the causal relationship between vaccination and pericarditis in the case of pericarditis within 42 days of receiving Pfizer and Moderna, that is, mRNA vaccine.
[Kim Gye-hoon/Professor of Cardiology, Chonnam National University Hospital (last 12 days): It is reasonable to conclude that the risk of pericarditis increases with the mRNA vaccine after the Corona 19 vaccine...
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So far, the government will begin retroactive compensation for 192 people who have been diagnosed with pericarditis after vaccination.
The government also reviewed the causality of vaccines, such as renal failure and aortic dissection, but this time it was not recognized.
At the same time, he said that there is a possibility of a resurgence this summer as the immunity effect of the 2nd and 3rd vaccinations gradually decreases.