Student Dies 72 Days After Vaccination... Another Teen Vaccine Death Reported

Report Received of Second Death Case in Teenager Vaccinated Against COVID-19

A citizen is receiving a vaccine at the vaccination center set up in Sadang Sports Complex, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. The photo is unrelated to specific expressions in the article. Photo by Asia Economy DB.

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Another report has been received of a teenager dying after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. This is the second time a report of a teenager dying after vaccination has been received.

On the 14th, the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team announced that one additional report of a teenage death was received on the 11th. The deceased was a male student, Mr. A, who was vaccinated on August 20 and died on the 31st of last month, 72 days after vaccination. The health authorities plan to investigate the causal relationship between the vaccination and the death.

Previously, a male high school senior, Mr. B, was reported to have died 75 days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. B was vaccinated on August 13 and died on the 27th of last month. It was found that Mr. B had no special underlying health conditions.

Mr. B’s mother posted a petition titled "I am the mother of a high school senior son who died after vaccination" on the Blue House National Petition Board on the 4th, appealing for clarification of her son's cause of death.

According to the petition, Mr. B usually enjoyed exercising and was healthy without underlying conditions. After the first and second doses of the vaccine, he experienced headaches and chills for a few days but showed no other abnormal symptoms.

Photo by Cheongwadae National Petition Board screen capture.

However, on the morning of the 25th of last month, Mr. B called his mother from school saying, "My gums keep bleeding," and he felt unwell and could not eat lunch. Eventually, on the way to the emergency room at the homeroom teacher’s suggestion, he suddenly went into shock. Hospital tests showed that Mr. B’s platelet count was far below the normal range. He ultimately died from acute cerebral hemorrhage and multiple hemorrhages.

Mr. B’s mother stated, "Adults have no choice but to get vaccinated, but I do not understand why vaccination is being actively recommended for teenagers and children. I understand that the younger the age group, the lower the fatality rate and the faster the recovery. Also, media reports clearly show breakthrough infections and reinfections after vaccination, so I want to know why vaccination is being mandatorily recommended."

She added, "I hope the government provides accurate information about COVID vaccine side effects. I only wish that no more unjust cases like my son’s, with unknown causes, happen to his peers and younger children. I earnestly ask that the causes of death for those who passed away after vaccination be investigated accurately and clearly."

Meanwhile, since the start of vaccination in Korea on February 26, a total of 373,568 suspected adverse reaction reports (including 891 deaths) have been accumulated as of the 13th. This accounts for about 0.46% of the total 81,394,840 vaccine doses administered.

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