75-year-old woman died 40 minutes after being vaccinated against COVID-19: what the Ministry of Health said

This Wednesday broke news that caused a sensation in Mexico: a 75-year-old woman died about 40 minutes after receiving the vaccine against coronavirus disease in the municipality of Metepec, Hidalgo.

During the evening press conference, the Under Secretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, provided information in this regard, ensuring that the Ministry of Health is already carrying out the relevant studies to determine the causes of death.

Although there is still no concrete proof of the cause of death, the official said the specialists in charge of the assessment found that the older person had chronic heart disease, especially a mitral valve condition.

The study was carried out in the afternoon, the first phase was already completed. At this time, there is no obvious discovery of what could be the cause of death, there is no evidence to suggest that the vaccine could have participated in the cause of death of this person, and what has was found as an obvious preliminary data from the autopsy was chronic heart disease, mitral valve disease

“In terms of public health, it is of extraordinary importance to clarify the causes of this event and that is why it is being studied with the methodological rigor of ESAVI surveillance. For the case which does not occupy today, an autopsy was carried out, autopsy which can help identify certain clues or signs of evidence to clarify the possible cause of that person’s deathAdded the Under Secretary of Health.

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