JUNEAU, Alaska Health officials in Alaska reported a health care worker had a severe allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine within 10 minutes of receiving a shot.
U.S. health authorities warned doctors to be on the lookout for rare allergic reactions when they rolled out the first vaccine, made by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. Britain had reported a few similar allergic reactions a week earlier.
The Juneau health worker began feeling flushed and short of breath on Tuesday, says Dr. Lindy Jones, the emergency room medical director at Bartlett Regional Hospital. She was treated with epinephrine and other medicines for what officials ultimately determined was anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction. She was kept overnight but has recovered.
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The ministry also reported 936 deaths from the disease. Neither its newly reported deaths nor cases included data from Sao Paulo state, Brazil’s most populous and where the toll has been heaviest. In a text message, the health ministry cited “technical problems,” without elaborating.
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President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently undermined quarantine measures and downplayed the virus’ severity, said at a public event last week that Brazil is at “the tail end of the pandemic.”
Alaska health worker gets serious allergic reaction to Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine, spends night in ICU The woman’s reaction was believed to be similar to the anaphylactic reactions two health workers in Britain experienced after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week. Like her, both recovered Representational image. AP vaccine Tuesday, symptoms that emerged within minutes and required an overnight hospital stay.
The middle-aged worker had no history of allergies but had an anaphylactic reaction that began 10 minutes after receiving the vaccine at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, a hospital official said. She experienced a rash over her face and torso, shortness of breath and an elevated heart rate.
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(Photo : Arek Socha/Pixabay ) One of the first recipients of the COVID-19 Vaccine is a healthcare worker in Alaska who had some side-effects. This was reported by officials and will be checked further by doctors.
One of the first recipients of the COVID-19 Vaccine is a healthcare worker in Alaska who experienced some side-effects. It was reported by an official and will be checked further by doctors.
The first COVID-19 therapies have been administered to health professionals on the frontlines.
One of these health workers in Alaska had an allergic reaction to the Pfizer vaccine last Tuesday. The female healthcare professional reported feeling flushed within 10 minutes of getting injected. She told doctors that breathing was coming short, and an increased heart rate said doctors last Wednesday, reported CNN.