Alaska, United States.
A health worker Alaska (USA) suffered a strong allergic reaction after receiving on Tuesday the Pfizer vaccine against the covid-19 and it had to be hospitalized, explained my strong acquaintances with the event to The Washington Post and The New York Times.
The health worker, whose identity is unknown, had not previously suffered allergic reactions to anybody medicine, although it is not known if he had another type of allergies, a well-known person on the subject told The New York Times.
After receiving the vaccine on Tuesday, the affected person is today, Wednesday, still in the hospital ca stable condition, according to The Washington Post.
Ni Pfizer nor the authorities of Alaska have so far offered details of the incident, which was recovered from others two similar cases in the United Kingdomor, where two people with history of severe allergies they suffered one negative reaction a la vaccine developed by Pfizer and your partner German BioNtech.
Allergy warning
In reaction to the occurrence, the agency that regulates the drugs in the United Kingdom issued an advertisement to ask that do not get vaccinated all those people who have experienced it in the past allergic reactions graves a drugos, some food or other vaccine.
However, in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, in English) does allow it to be vacunen people with severe allergies, but ask them to stay low medical supervision 30 minutes after receiving the injection to be able to verify any adverse effect.
Last Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates the marketing of drugs in the United States, approved it. use of the Pfizer vaccine for all adults over the age of 16 after a rigorous examination to assess their risks and benefits.
Thus, on Monday began the vaccination in 145 points in the country, while on Tuesday it did so in 425 and today Wednesday in 66, in a process that will continue over the course of weeks.
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The security of the Pfizer vaccine fue examined in a clinical trial with 40,000 volunteers and has an effectiveness of 95%.
Tomorrow, Thursday, he expects an FDA advisory committee to evaluate a second vaccine, that of the pharmaceutical Modern, whose emergency clearance could occur in the coming days.
The immunization campaignn has reached the worst moment of the pandemic for the United States, which has already exceeded 300,000 deaths by covid-19 and is recording 3,000 days a day, a figure higher than a number of people who lost their lives in the attacks of September 11, 2001. EFE