23 Elderly Died After Receiving Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine In Norway

After 23 elderly patients in Norway died after getting the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, the country has launched an investigation to look into the fatalities.

Doctors in the country have been asked to carry out a more thorough assessment of elderly patients who are waiting to receive the vaccine.

According to the Norwegian authorities, the COVID-19 vaccines may be too dangerous for those that are very old and those who are terminally ill. Among 23 elderly died, 13 have been autopsied. The results suggested that the common side effects of the vaccine may have caused severe reactions in old people.

At the moment, Norway is using two COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Both vaccines were tested in trials with tens of thousands of people. Volunteers included those in the late 80s and 90s. However, the average participant was in the early 50s. In many places, the first people to receive the vaccines have been older as countries rush to immunize nursing-home residents as they are at higher risk from the virus.

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health stated that even mild vaccine side effects could have serious consequences in frail people.

The recommendation doesn’t mean that younger and healthier residents should not get the vaccines. With reports of fatalities caused by the COVID-19 vaccines, many countries have issued safety monitoring reports on those vaccines.

Pfizer, in its statement, said that it was aware of the reported deaths following the vaccine administration. It has been working with NOMA to hat all the relevant information.

In Norway, over 20,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given to residents in the last few weeks. In Germany, the Paul Ehrlich Institute is also looking into 10 deaths after the COVID-19 vaccination.

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