Swiss resident of retirement home reportedly died after COVID-19 vaccine

“Clarifications from cantonal health authorities and swissmedic determined that due to the history of the disease and its course, a link between death and the COVID-19 vaccine was highly unlikely,” the regulator said in a statement. communicated.

Swissmedic said previous illnesses would appear on the death certificate as the person’s “natural cause of death”.

Lucerne was the site of the first vaccinations in Switzerland last week, with an injection from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech given mainly to the elderly.

Switzerland has so far received 107,000 doses of Pfizer / BioNTech and plans to receive 250,000 per month from next year.

Neither Lucerne nor swissmedic communicated the time that elapsed between the person receiving the shot and the death. The person’s sex has not been indicated.

Pfizer said his thoughts were with the family of the deceased.

“It is important to note that serious adverse events, including non-vaccine-related deaths, are unfortunately likely to occur at a rate similar to that of the general population of elderly and at-risk people who are currently a priority for the disease. vaccination. ”Said the American company.

Millions of doses of the vaccine have been administered. Several people suffered from allergic reactions after gunfire, although these incidents were resolved quickly.