Photographer: Oliver Bunic / Bloomberg
Photographer: Oliver Bunic / Bloomberg
Pfizer Inc. and The BioNTech SE vaccine for Covid-19 is safe for the elderly, found a review at European level, with no connection between the shooting and the death of vaccinated elderly people.
The test found no new side effects since the vaccine was launched. The European Medicines Agency’s safety panel looked at deaths in light of other medical conditions that people had, as well as the mortality rate for the appropriate age groups in the general population, the EMA said in a statement. statement.
“The data showed no connection to vaccination with Comirnaty,” the group wrote, using the brand name of the Pfizer-BioNTech photo, “and the cases do not raise safety concerns.”
Reports of deaths in Norway earlier this month have caused concern around the world, with people looking for signs of potential vaccine side effects being introduced at an unprecedented rate. The Norwegian authorities also went so far as to allay fears, saying there was no evidence of a causal link and that Covid-19 was more dangerous to most patients than vaccination.
The EMA panel will publish monthly reports on the safety of Covid-19 vaccines.