The research suggests that the overall risk of myopericarditis appears to be no different for the newly approved group of vaccines against Covid- 19, compared to vaccines against other diseases.- ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The overall risk of heart inflammation following Covid-19 vaccination has been found to be very low, affecting just 18 people per million vaccine doses.
A new study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine confirms that the risk of myopericarditis - a condition that causes inflammation of the heart muscle - following Covid-19 vaccination is comparable to or lower than the risk following non-Covid-19 vaccinations.
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