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IANS | 23 Jul, 2021
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) said it
was probing the deaths of 28 people who apparently died after being
administered with a Covid-19 vaccine.
The study would be
conducted to determine if these fatalities were directly linked to the
vaccination in the country where the Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer
jabs are being used, reports Xinhua news agency.
"We need to
determine if the event that we saw is indeed related to the vaccine or
related to something else. These are very comprehensive studies that
would be conducted," SAHPRA's CEO Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela said on
Thursday.
The probe was launched after the SAHPRA on Wednesday
told parliamentarians that there were reports of breakthrough infections
after people were inoculated with the Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson
vaccines.
According to the National Health Department's figures, around 5.5 million South Africans have been vaccinated.
Over one million people have received the J&J vaccine and 4.5 million others the Pfizer jab.
SAHPRA
said they have received 3,730 reports of adverse events following
immunisation, of which 279 were termed as adverse events of special
interest.
According to the National Institute for Communicable
Diseases, the country, one of the worst hit in the African continent,
has recorded 2,327,472 cases till date, with 68,192 fatalities.
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