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Health experts are raising alarms over the rapid increase in seniors infected with the Omicron strain, which has been described as “milder” than other variants but is still causing acute pneumonia among elderly patients.
news COVID-19 vaccine anaphylaxis rate not serious concern: Japan gov't experts The Mainichi © The Mainichi Tomohiro Morio, left, head of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's expert panel for investigating adverse reactions to vaccinations, is seen in conversation ahead of a meeting of the panel at the ministry in Tokyo, on March 12, 2021. (Mainichi/Kentaro Ikushima) TOKYO -- Only seven of the 17 instances of anaphylaxis following coronavirus vaccinations reported by Japanese medical institutions qualify as true cases under international standards, the health ministr...