Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the first fatal case directly related to vaccination against COVID-19. Reported by agency Kyodo, reports TASS.
While it was stated that at least 2 thousand patients who had been vaccinated for coronavirus infection in Japan in recent years lost their lives, a direct link could not be established between the death and the vaccine.
It is also reported that currently more than 104 million people in Japan have been vaccinated with one component of the vaccine (81.3% of the population), two-component – more than 103 million (80.3%), three-component – over 86. million (68.4%) .
At the end of January, Kyodo announced that the Japanese authorities will translate COVID-19 fell into the seasonal flu category. Government sources said that this will happen on May 8, 2023.
The day before, scientists from Microsoft Corporation were using a computer model. provenThat 100% COVID-19 vaccine could prevent about half of coronavirus deaths in the US.
Last August, Professor Hannely Meyer, working in collaboration with the South African Medical Devices Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), in South Africa said: still First confirmed death from the effects of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against coronavirus.