A health worker has been hospitalised after suffering a severe allergic reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.
The nurse, who has a history of allergies, went into anaphylactic shock following her injection at Gold Coast University Hospital on Thursday.
A spokesperson for the hospital said the worker is in stable condition and is being treated in intensive care.
Anaphylactic shock causes a series of symptoms, including a rash, sudden drop in blood pressure, breathlessness and swelling of the face and tongue.
Pictured: A nurse holding up a Covid vaccine at Metro North Health facility in Brisbane on March 1
The reaction, often triggered by medicines or certain foods, can be fatal. Patients are treated using an adrenaline injector.
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