Pfizer vaccine: US healthcare worker suffered severe allergic reaction and was hospitalized

A health worker from Alaska, United States, suffered a allergic reaction serious after receiving the vaccine of Pfizer-BioNTech against coronavirus and was hospitalized. Local media reported that the incident happened on Tuesday, just minutes after the dose was applied, and the person remains hospitalized but stable. Meanwhile, the pharmacist and local authorities are working together to determine the circumstances of the event.

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In dialogue with The New York Times, said a spokesperson for Pfizer: “We still don’t have all the details of Alaska’s report on possible serious allergic reactions, but we are actively working with local health authorities to assess the case. “

He also underscored the company’s commitment to analyzing each of the reports suggesting serious allergic reactions after vaccination. “We are going to supervise them all and we will update the label text if necessary “, he assured.

In contrast, the representative of the pharmaceutical company claimed that the affected health worker has had no previous reactions to medications, although it is not known whether he suffered from allergies.

Although the effects of the produced substance on the woman have not yet been described, health officials have informed The Associated Press that the symptoms occurred before their death 10 minutes after receiving the injection.

The volunteers who came to the clinical test by Pfizer, who added 44,000 people, were excluded if they had a history of allergic reactions to vaccines or components of the COVID-19 immunizer.

In general, the test did not reveal any serious safety issues. However, regulators and the company itself continue to monitor unwanted cases after vaccination.

The agency AFP also remembered that two healthcare workers in Britain had similar allergic reactions to those reported in the United States. Faced with this situation, the government of the European nation recommended that the population avoid receiving the antidote if they had a history of severe allergies.

Meanwhile, the US food and drug regulator, the FDA, issued emergency approval for the vaccine with the warning that people who have suffered from allergies to ingredients inside he should avoid it.

As it stands, the country ruled by Donald Trump started applying the substance to around three million people this weekHe hopes to reach a total of 20 million this month if another vaccine is approved, the one developed by the American laboratory Moderna.