Oxford vaccine adds death in Denmark

Danish authorities have reported that one person has died and another is in serious condition, with thrombosis and cerebral hemorrhage, days after receiving the drug. vaccine against Covid-19 of AstraZeneca.

The two, both staff members of the hospital in the capital Copenhagen, had received the vaccine around 14 days before falling ill, the authority which administers the public hospitals confirmed. Meanwhile, the Danish Medicines Agency said it had received two “serious” reports, without providing further details. In this northern European country, the use of this vaccine was suspended on March 11, when cases of people with problems with Health in the days following inoculation.

This puts the so-called Oxford vaccine back in the eye of the storm, resulting in various side effects for those applying the doses. Despite this, the World Health Organization has defended the application of this vaccine manufactured by the laboratory AstraZeneca and declared that the benefits it brings outweigh the collateral damage it can cause. In all cases, the WHO Vaccine Safety Committee (GACVS) agreed with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on the need to continue to investigate and monitor cases of adverse reactions, and to report immediately any news that may arise. On suspicion or confirmations of adverse events.

A few days ago, a Spanish teacher who had applied AstraZeneca died of a thrombosis. However, on Friday the preliminary result of the autopsy was known, which ruled out the Oxford vaccine as a trigger for the disease that triggered the woman’s death.

The woman was a 43-year-old teacher who worked as a teacher at a school in the city of Marbella and died of a brain hemorrhage. “There is no cause and effect relationship between the vaccine supply and this death, and I want this to be clear,” said Aguirre, regional health advisor for Andalusia.

The autopsy was carried out by three specialists “with the greatest possible precision,” added Aguirre. Doctors suspect the woman’s bleeding could be caused by a brain aneurysm.

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In UK they always give the same

Half of the British adult population has received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, the British Minister for Health announced yesterday, welcoming the “great success”. Britain has administered more than 26 million first doses, between Pfizer and AstraZeneca. Precisely, the latter was the one given Friday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 56, at St Thomas Hospital in London. Either way, the Prime Minister confirmed its application once UK and EU regulators gave guarantees on its safety.