Norway has expressed concern over the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech among older populations as 29 people died after receiving the shot | NewsBytes
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 elderly. Until Friday, the vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech SE was the only one available in Norway, and “all deaths are thus linked to this vaccine,” the Norwegian Medicines Agency said in a written response to Bloomberg on Saturday.
29 Persons Die In Norway Soon After Receiving Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine: Reports
Many others have also reported severe side effects, the Norwegian Medicines Agency said, earlier this week. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-17T10:03:52+05:30 29 Persons Die In Norway Soon After Receiving Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine: Reports outlookindia.com 2021-01-17T10:07:28+05:30
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As many as 29 people died after being administered Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in Norway, reports claimed. Most of the people who lost their lives were senior citizens above the age of 80.
This comes just days after Norwegian officials updated the country’s Covid-19 vaccination guidelines on who can and cannot be vaccinated. Now the authorities have left it up to individual doctors to decide who can get the Covid-19 vaccine and who cannot.