Cause of individual's death to be established

Thu, 15 Apr 2021

The Health and Social Care Minister has issued a clarification after the circumstances of the death of a member of the public were raised during questions in the House of Keys today.

Minister Ashford said: ‘We are aware of a member of the community who sadly passed away last week. They had received their vaccination earlier that day, but I must stress that we cannot draw a causal link. The cause of death is not known at this stage, it may sadly have been due to underlying conditions, but that is for the coroner to decide.

He added: ‘When a patient suffers an adverse reaction to medication, including vaccines, we use the Yellow Card reporting scheme. This ensures all side effects are reported to the regulators and authorities responsible for authorising vaccines.’

A separate incident occurred several weeks ago, where an individual suffered an adverse reaction,
was seen in hospital and subsequently discharged. The Yellow Card protocols were all followed.

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