The CDC will investigate the death of a Nebraska man who received the dose of the Covid vaccine

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will investigate the death of a Nebraska man after local health officials listed the Covid-19 vaccine as one of several causes of death, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement. press late Thursday.

The man, a long-term care center resident at the age of about 40, with several coexisting diseases and conditions, died on January 17 between one and two weeks after receiving the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, according to the statement.

The CDC and the FDA received 1,170 reports of deaths among people in the United States who received a Covid vaccine – 0.003% of those vaccinated – between December 14 and February 7. Meanwhile, more than 41 million doses of Pfizer or Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines have been administered across the country, according to the CDC.

“Usually, deaths from COVID-19 vaccine can be attributed to anaphylaxis and can occur within a relatively short period of time of vaccine administration, which is why monitoring is done,” said Dr. Gary Anthone, Nebraska’s chief physician.

Although I can’t speculate on the case, when people die days or weeks after the vaccine was given, it’s more likely because of other underlying factors, Anthone said.

The death was introduced into the vaccine adverse event reporting system, a national vaccine safety monitoring program run by the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration. All adverse events or deaths should be reported to the system whenever they occur after vaccination.

“This process allows the CDC and the FDA to closely monitor and assess any adverse events for ongoing safety assessments,” the state health department said in a statement.

The CDC did not report any pattern of cause of death that would suggest safety issues with vaccines.

People with high-risk conditions should consult their healthcare providers about vaccination, Anthone said.