An Alaska worker was released from hospital on Thursday after suffering a rare but severe allergic reaction to the Pfizer vaccine and the BioNTech coronavirus. reported Anchorage Daily News.
The worker was released from the Bartlett regional hospital after staying two nights, the press reports.
New York Times reported on Wednesday that the worker experienced redness and shortness of breath, which subsided after being treated with epinephrine.
Anchorage Daily News reported that a second worker was treated on Wednesday for a mild reaction and was sent home after about an hour.
Alaska Medical Director Anne Zink told reporters that several entities – including the state, the hospital and the Food and Drug Administration – are analyzing both incidents to see if the incidents were reactions to the vaccine itself or if there was a transportation problem.
The United States began inoculating health workers and residents of long-term care institutions with the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine shortly after the FDA issued an emergency authorization.
Company he said on Thursday that it has successfully delivered 2.9 million doses and is waiting for the US government to tell them where to deliver the remaining doses.
Meanwhile, an independent FDA group voted unanimously to recommend an emergency use authorization for the Moderna vaccine, making approval likely as early as this week.
Gender. Gustave Perna, who leads Operation Warp Speed, said he intends to send 6 million doses in the first week of authorization.