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Of the more than 6 million people in the U.S. who have received shots of the two new COVID-19 vaccines, at least 29 have suffered anaphylaxis, a severe and dangerous reaction that can constrict airways and send the body into shock, according to the CDC.
Health care workers should be trained to spot the warning signs and have equipment to respond swiftly if something goes wrong, officials say.
As the rollout of covid-19 vaccines picks up across the U.S., moving from hospital distribution to pharmacies, pop-up sites and drive-thru clinics, health experts say it's vital that these expanded venues be prepared to handle rare but potentially life-threatening allergic reactions.
Pfizer Covid vaccine: 2 Alaska health care workers suffer reactions to vaccine CNN 12/17/2020 By Jacqueline Howard, Virginia Langmaid and Jason Hanna, CNN © Loren Holmes/AP Vials of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine, each containing five doses, sit on a table Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, during a vaccine clinic at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska.(Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP) Two workers at an Alaska hospital suffered allergic reactions after receiving Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine this week, and one was kept for observation for at least two ...
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