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NZ study showing higher rates of heart disease after Covid jabs should be treated with caution - expert - New Zealand Herald

NZ study showing higher rates of heart disease after Covid jabs should be treated with caution - expert - New Zealand Herald

NZ study showing higher rates of heart disease after Covid jabs should be treated with caution - expert - New Zealand Herald
Feb 08, 2023 49 secs

An unpublished New Zealand study shows a rare but increased risk of heart problems after a Covid vaccination.

The Ministry of Health/University of Auckland research paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, found a “rare but statistically significant” link between the Covid-19 vaccine and myocarditis or pericarditis.

The risk of heart conditions after vaccination was higher in the under-19 age group, at five extra cases per 100,000 people after the second dose.

“These findings provide further reassurance on the safety profile of the vaccine, particularly from a New Zealand-specific context,” said Dr Tim Hanlon, from Te Whatu Ora’s National Immunisation Programme.

Association Professor Helen Petousis-Harris, a vaccinologist at the University of Auckland, said the research paper picked up a known safety issue with the vaccine - myocarditis had been found as a rare side effect in international studies.

Professor Peter McIntyre, an epidemiologist at the University of Otago, said the vaccine’s link with myocarditis was picked up and communicated very early in New Zealand.

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