VietNam: 120 students in hospital for Pfizer batch for side effects
Vietnam's Thanh Hoa region has suspended the use of a batch of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine after more than 120 students were hospitalized following their vaccination, VNexpress reported.
Since November 30, the central province of Vietnam has decided to vaccinate children between the ages of 15 and 17 with Pfizer Covid-19 serum. However, more than 120 children have been hospitalized after experiencing symptoms such as nausea, high fever or difficulty breathing, the Provincial Center for Disease Control (CDC) said Thursday.
Of these, 17 had severe reactions, but their health stabilized. Despite this, they need to be monitored continuously in the hospital according to the authority which, however, has not yet identified the causes of the side effects.
Thanh Hoa epidemiological center director Luong Ngoc Truong said the province has stopped using the current batch of vaccines. "We still have other batches, including Pfizer vaccines, so we will continue to vaccinate children," he said.
Local authorities separate children with side effects from those who do not have them: " Those who react or faint must be separated so that no chain reaction occurs ," said the local medical officer. The motivation is simple: we want to avoid an emulation effect.
Thanh Hoa health authorities have distributed approximately 117,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in 27 districts and cities. Over 56,700 doses were administered.
Last week, three children died as a result of vaccination with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Bac Giang, Hanoi and Binh Phuoc. Cause of death was determined as "vaccine overreaction".
Last week, four workers from the Kim Viet shoe factory in Thanh Hoa died as a result of vaccination against Covid-19 Vero Cell, produced by Sino Pharm, also due to an "overreaction" to the vaccine.
Such a high reaction to the Pfizer vaccine should also make us reflect on the quality controls that are carried out on this product. Imposing mass vaccination means controlling large batches of medicines, and these events raise doubts that the authorities are unable to meet this necessary obligation. One more problem that has been underestimated in VietNam.
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