AEFI: 22 out of 45 deaths involving recipients of Covid-19 booster dose found not related to vaccine


PUTRAJAYA: Twenty-two out of 45 deaths involving recipients of the Covid-19 booster dose that were reported to the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) were found to be unrelated to the vaccine.

NPRA director Dr Roshayati Mohamad Sani said the findings were made by the Covid-19 Vaccine Pharmacovigilance Special Committee (JFK) after after assessing the report on the death of the 22 cases.

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