Two nursing home residents have reportedly died after receiving doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, reported the international media on Thursday. Investigations over the cause of deaths have been started by The Medical Director of the Norwegian Medicines Agency and Norway's National Institute of Public Health.
A 41 year old nurse, Sonia Acevedo, faced a "sudden death" at her home on Friday (January 1), 48 hours after being vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to Daily Mail.
Medical Director of Norwegian Medicines Agency Steiner Madsen said in a statement, "We have to assess whether the vaccine is the cause of death, or if it is a coincidence that it happened soon after vaccination."
And this doesn't come as a shock after recently, a paediatric surgery assistant in Porto was found dead two days after receiving doses of the Pfizer coronavirus jab.
Even though there's a possibility that these deaths could be coincidental, the causes need to be looked into. Even Pfizer Inc's CEO Albert Bourla had said in an interview that the company is "not certain" if those who receive its vaccine will be able to transmit the coronavirus to others not.
