MANILA, Philippines — The health worker who died after receiving a coronavirus vaccine shot had comorbidities which may have put her at risk of developing COVID-19 despite inoculation, an official of the National Adverse Events Following Immunization Committee (NAEFIC) said Thursday.
Prior to vaccination, NAEFIC vice chairman Dr. Rommel Lobo said the 47-year-old female health worker declared that she had hypertension, diabetes and controlled bronchial asthma.
“She developed symptoms (of COVID-19) after vaccination. As I’ve said, the vaccine does not have anything to do with the infection. The exposure is responsible for this, the COVID-19 virus could be responsible …
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