SAN MATEO, Isabela – A 52-year-old midwife died on Thursday (Mar. 25), 13 days after she was inoculated with her first dose of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine.
Elvie Estera, 52, of Gaddana village here, was a frontliner at a San Mateo rural health unit (RHU). She died at the San Mateo Integrated Community Hospital although doctors have not yet connected her death to the vaccine produced by Chinese drugmaker Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
Estera’s demise is being investigated by the Adverse Event Following Immunization Committee.
“There is no reason to suspend vaccination despite the serious adverse event,” said Dr. Rio Magpantay, Cagayan Valley director of the Department of Health.
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