0 >The first COVID-19 vaccines administered at Tartu University Hospital and University Family Doctors Center. Source: Jassu Hertsmann / Ministry of Social Affairs.
Estonian experts have said the COVID-19 vaccine is generally safe for elderly people and they should get vaccinated after the Norwegian Medicines Agency announced last week that 23 elderly people who received a dose had died.
Norway has started administering vaccinations to people living in care or nursing homes and so far approximately 30,000 people have received a dose of the vaccine. However, a survey released by the Norwegian Medicines Agency showed 23 people who had been vaccinated had later died.
The agency did not rule out the possibility that common side effects of vaccination, such as fever or nausea, may have played a role in the deaths of elderly people who were already seriously ill.
Norway raises concern over Covid-19 vaccine jabs for the elderly
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. Updated: 17 Jan 2021, 05:31 AM IST Bloomberg
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Norway expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine on elderly people with serious underlying health conditions after raising an estimate of the number who died after receiving inoculations to 29.
The latest figure adds six to the number of known fatalities in Norway, and lowers the age group thought to be affected to 75 from 80. While it’s unclear exactly when the deaths occurred, Norway has given at least one dose to about 42,000 people and focused on those considered most at risk if they contract the virus, including the e
Australian authorities will examine reports of potentially adverse reactions to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Norway but the health minister said it was not yet clear whether several reported deaths were related to old age rather than the jabs.