NEWS: Debunking vaccination fears KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): The deaths of 23 elderly Norwegians have not been proved to be caused by the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 that they received, said the chief of the Vaccine Selection Technical Working Group (TWG). In an interview with Astro Awani, Dr Kalaiarasu Periyasamy said the Norwegians, who were aged at least 75 years old, were more likely to have died from other factors. "Maybe because of old age, they also had chronic diseases, and died due to their age. So we must not be too worried because the world's regulators are observing this and have said not to worry because of what was reported in Norway.