Israel: 75-year-old man dies after receiving coronavirus vaccine

75-year-old man has died Israel after receiving the vaccine against coronavirus, Pfizer, as reported by the Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Health, Professor Hezi Levy, in an interview with the national radio (KAN).

According to local media, it is not known if there is a relationship between the application of the vaccine and death. However, on the basis of a preliminary analysis carried out, everything seems to indicate not. A committee headed by the head of the Security Department will review the case. “The 75-year-old had a pre-existing disease”, Levy explained.

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After receiving the injection, the man waited, as stipulated in the protocol, at the clinic, and then returned home. Two hours later, he lost consciousness and was left to die from heart failure.

The Ministry of Health reported that eight days after the start of the national vaccination campaign in Israel, around 380,000 Israelis have already received the vaccine against Covid 19. Just yesterday, around 99,000 people received the injection to be vaccinated. against. disease.

“So far, we are vaccinating 379,000 people. This thanks to the great work of the workers of the Ministry of Health, social works, hospitals and Maguen David. And of all, Israeli citizens who come to be vaccinated. We will continue to do so and increase the vaccination rate, ”he added. Sample.

For his part, the Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu set the goal of reaching 150,000 daily doses. In this context, sources from the Ministry of Health indicated that 250 new vaccination centers would be opened across the country and some would receive the public 24 hours a day.

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