Health Ministry investigating death of man hours after taking AstraZeneca vaccine

KREM News confirmed with the Ministry of Health and Wellness earlier today that a man who we are told was 53 years old died some 4 hours after receiving a first shot of the COVID-19 Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.

The report is that the shot was administered in Belize City. It is unknown at this time if he had any health issues.

The Ministry official we spoke with this afternoon told us they had just gotten the report and an investigation has been launched as part of their vaccine rollout surveillance.

Up until Wednesday, April 7, a total of 23,958 people had received their first shot of the COVID-19 Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. To date no severe side effects have been reported.

On Wednesday alone, a total of 1,891 people got the jab.

MOHW: Man's Sudden Death Not Caused By Vaccine

On Friday we told you that the Ministry of Health was investigating the sudden death of a 53 year old seafaring man hours after he got the COVID 19 vaccine.

Well, tonight the Ministry is saying that the Belize District resident did not die of a COVID related cause. The Ministry told KREM News that the post-mortem examination has since been concluded and while they could not disclose the cause of death, they can say it was not linked to the COVID-19 vaccine.

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