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An Alaskan health worker had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine, but is now stable, public health authorities said on Wednesday.
The adverse reaction in the person, minutes after taking the Pfizer shot on Tuesday, was similar to two cases reported last week in Britain.
Britain’s medical regulator has said that anyone with a history of anaphylaxis, or severe allergic reactions to a medicine or food, should not get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
But the US Food and Drug Administration has said that most Americans with allergies should be safe to receive the vaccine. It said only people who have previously had severe allergic reactions to vaccines or ingredients in this particular vaccine should avoid getting the shot.
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The four Illinois employees experienced reactions which included tingling and an increased heart rate.
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Nurse Mackenzie Bochtler (L), gives the Pfizer-BioTech coronavirus disease vaccine to fellow nurse Marcos San Martin at a vaccination clinic in WashingtonCredit: EPA
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Four employees at the medical center in Illinois reported having adverse reactions to the vaccineCredit: Google Maps
Three of the workers are recovering well at home while the fourth is continuing to receive medical attention, Fox 32 had reported.
FDA investigating allergic reactions to Pfizer vaccine, rollout will continue
By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Joel Achenbach The Washington Post,Updated December 17, 2020, 11:45 p.m.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration reiterated Thursday that the newly authorized Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine should continue to be used with no new restrictions despite several reports of health-care workers who had a severe allergic reaction after receiving the injection.
Two of those incidents happened in the United Kingdom last week, and a third in Alaska on Tuesday. Another Alaska hospital employee had a brief but much less serious reaction on Wednesday.
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