The first case of a demise linked on to the COVID-19 vaccine has been registered in Ireland.
According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on the finish of final yr, the vaccine demise was listed as inflicting ‘adverse effects in therapeutic use’.
The demise was recorded within the closing quarter of 2021 within the 75-84 age group as a part of the CSO knowledge on deaths.
Those stats are put collectively primarily based on reason for demise causes given by docs after they signal demise certificates.
A spokesperson for the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), informed the Sunday World it didn’t touch upon particular person instances.
But added that greater than eight million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Ireland up to now.
‘It can be expected that fatalities due to progression of underlying disease or natural causes can occur – however, this did not mean that the vaccine caused the death,’ she mentioned.
‘In most instances, development of a number of pre-existing illnesses is a believable clarification.
‘All reports notified to the HPRA describing a fatality are carefully reviewed.’
As of May 10 a complete of 113 experiences of vaccinated individuals who later died have been listed on the physique’s suspected antagonistic response reporting system.
However, the spokeswoman made it clear the vast majority of these listed have been over 75 years outdated and their deaths have been linked to pure causes and the development of underlying illness.
She added that by way of the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) security committee, the protection of Covid-19 vaccines was monitored extraordinarily rigorously.
‘As a general principle, conclusions on the safety of a vaccine cannot be drawn based on information from an individual case alone,’ she mentioned.
‘The totality of knowledge from all sources – for instance, scientific and epidemiological research and literature – is taken into account to make sure evidenced-based conclusions are reached.