Cause of first death of a high school senior after vaccination is leukemia... "No causal link to vaccine" (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] The government announced that the first reported death of a teenager after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine was confirmed to have no causal relationship with the vaccination.

On the 18th, Kim Yuna, head of the Adverse Reaction Investigation Team at the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Task Force, said, "We offer our condolences to the deceased and sympathies to the bereaved family," adding, "The Vaccination Damage Investigation Committee determined that the case was caused by pancytopenia due to leukemia, which led to multiple intracerebral hemorrhages, and concluded there is no causal link with the vaccine."

Kim explained, "At the time of vaccination, leukemia was not recognized, and the vaccine was administered; later, the leukemia was diagnosed," and added, "On September 2, the Korean Society of Hematology announced that there is no causal relationship between the COVID-19 vaccine and leukemia."

Earlier, on the 30th of last month, the quarantine authorities received the first domestic report of a suspected death of a teenager following COVID-19 vaccination. This teenage male, known to be a high school senior, received the Pfizer vaccine on August 13 and passed away 75 days later, on the 27th of last month.

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