Norway Warns of Vaccination Risks For Sick Elderly Patients After 23 Die - NDTV

Norwegian officials said 23 people had died a short time after receiving their first dose of vaccine.

Norwegian officials said 23 people had died in the country a short time after receiving their first dose of the vaccine.

Of those deaths, 13 have been autopsied, with the results suggesting that common side effects may have contributed to severe reactions in frail, elderly people, according to the Norwegian Medicines Agency.

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Norway has given at least one dose to about 33,000 people, focusing on those considered to be most at risk if they contract the virus, including the elderly.

In France, one frail patient died in a care home two hours after being vaccinated, but authorities said given the patient's previous medical history there is no indication the death was linked to the vaccine.

In the U.K., which has carried out more immunizations per capita than anywhere else in Europe, authorities will assess safety data and plan to publish details of suspected reactions "on a regular basis," the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said, without giving a date.