First Death After Vaccination in Seoul... 60s Male Nursing Hospital Patient

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 5th that it received one death report following vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The deceased was a male patient in his 60s hospitalized in a nursing hospital who received the AstraZeneca vaccine around 2 p.m. on the 2nd and passed away at 8:30 p.m. on the 4th, 54 hours later.

The city is conducting an epidemiological investigation and plans to hold a meeting this afternoon with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and private experts to evaluate the causal relationship between the death and the vaccine.

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