Portuguese Nurse in Her 40s Dies Suddenly Two Days After Pfizer Vaccination... "Autopsy to Be Conducted"

Bereaved Families "No Underlying Conditions, Were Healthy"
Only Reported Pain at Injection Site After Vaccination

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] Health authorities worldwide are on alert after a nurse in Portugal who received the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech suddenly passed away two days after vaccination. Unlike previous cases in Israel where two men in their 70s and 80s with underlying health conditions died after receiving the Pfizer vaccine, the death of a healthy nurse in her 40s has heightened concerns about the vaccine. Portuguese health authorities plan to conduct an autopsy on the nurse's body at the request of her family to determine the exact cause of death.

According to the UK Daily Mail on the 4th (local time), Sonya Acevedo (41), a nurse working in the pediatric department at the Portuguese Oncology Research Institute in Porto, northern Portugal, was found dead at her home on the 1st. According to her family, Nurse Acevedo received the Pfizer vaccine on the 30th of last month, two days before her death. She had dinner with her two daughters at home until the evening before she died, did not consume alcohol, and showed no unusual signs. Her father stated in a media interview, "She did not suffer from any illnesses and had no health problems. She only mentioned pain at the injection site after vaccination, but everything else was normal."

On the 30th of last month, about 530 medical staff, including her, were vaccinated at the hospital, and no other adverse events were reported among the medical staff. The hospital stated, "We were not informed of any side effects from the vaccine at the time of vaccination or afterward," and added, "We will determine the cause of death following established procedures." The family also hopes for an autopsy to determine the exact cause, and the hospital and Portuguese health authorities announced that an autopsy will be conducted soon.

So far, deaths after receiving the Pfizer vaccine have been reported twice in Israel, but both cases involved elderly individuals with underlying health conditions. A man in his 70s who died of a heart attack two hours after vaccination on the 28th of last month had previously battled heart disease and cancer, and an 80-year-old man who died the next day was also known to have underlying health issues, although the exact illness was not disclosed.

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