Woman Dies Of Probable Stroke After Vaccination
Japan's health ministry says a woman in her 60s died on Monday, three days after receiving a coronavirus vaccine. It is the first time in Japan that a person who has been vaccinated has died.
The ministry says the woman, a healthcare worker, received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last Friday.
On Tuesday, the hospital that administered the vaccine filed a report with the ministry saying the woman had died on Monday.
The hospital says the woman had no underlying conditions or allergies, and is believed to have died of subarachnoid hemorrhage. The hospital told the ministry that it cannot evaluate a causal relationship with the vaccination at this point.
The health ministry says the case will be closely examined by a panel of experts.