Thanh Hoa: Another female worker died after receiving Vero Cell vaccine

Recently, a source from Thanh Hoa Department of Health said that one more female worker in Nong Cong district died after receiving Vero Cell vaccine.

This woman is among 9 workers being treated at Thanh Hoa Provincial General Hospital, which has a critical prognosis. The remaining 8 patients are being treated at Thanh Hoa Provincial General Hospital with stable health. Nearly 60 other people have mild symptoms, are being monitored at Nong Cong District General Hospital, are also making good progress, psychologically stable, waiting to be discharged. All are female, 25-30 years old, workers at Kim Viet Shoes Company. They, along with about 400 company workers, were vaccinated with the Vero Cell vaccine on November 23.

Present in Thanh Hoa on the night of November 24, after the direct mobilization of the Ministry of Health, Doctor Nguyen Van Chi (Head of A9 Emergency Department, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi) said that the support team had coordinated with the patient. Hospital and Department of Health consult and treat patients. In which, 6 people (heaviest) treated at the provincial general hospital have made good progress, have given up antihypertensive drugs, may stabilize in the next few days. According to Doctor Chi, these patients with anaphylaxis after injection, belong to the group of severe reactions, will experience myocarditis, thrombocytopenia...

As for the group of patients being monitored at Nong Cong District General Hospital, most of them are normal reactions after injection, no drop in blood pressure, no anaphylaxis, only headache, mild hand pain. The patients are being treated at Thanh Hoa Provincial General Hospital on the morning of November 26, with stable health.

Previously, on November 18, Nong Cong district was granted 53,000 doses of Vero Cell vaccine according to the Covid-19 vaccination plan. At the same time, the district received two vaccines Moderna and Abdala. On November 23, the district started injecting Vero Cell vaccine first for 13,400 people who had received the first dose (as planned, the second dose will be given) and 16,500 people aged 18-49 who received the first dose. However, when injecting about 10,000 doses, dozens of female workers of Kim Viet Shoes Company showed unusual symptoms, of which 5 had anaphylactic reactions. They received first aid on the spot and transferred to Thanh Hoa Provincial General Hospital for treatment, along with many workers with mild symptoms. On the morning of November 24, two people died, the third person died in the afternoon of the same day. On the afternoon of November 25, another person died. The expert advisory council on November 25 met to assess the initial cause of the complication "due to anaphylaxis after vaccination with Vero Cell vaccine". The Council said that the process of distributing, receiving, preserving and transporting vaccines at the Provincial Center for Disease Control, the Health Center of Nong Cong district and the vaccination point at Kim Viet Shoes Company are implemented in strict accordance with regulations. regulations of the Ministry of Health and the National Expanded Immunization Program. "The organization of vaccination, screening, vaccination, post-vaccination health monitoring... is carried out according to regulations, professional errors have not been detected in the organization of vaccination, screening, injection, etc. monitoring health after injection", said Mr. Trinh Huu Hung, Director of Thanh Hoa Department of Health. Thanh Hoa Department of Health has stopped injecting Verocell vaccine batch B2021103398, waiting for the decision of the Ministry of Health.

Regarding the situation of vaccination, on November 24, Son Dong District Health Center (Bac Giang province) organized a 1st dose of Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 for high school students at 2 schools: Noi High School Son Dong Residence and Son Dong High School No. 2 with about 700 students, according to information from the Department of Health of Bac Giang province.

During vaccination, 4 students at 2 schools had anaphylaxis, including 2 cases of severe anaphylaxis. After being given first aid by local medical staff, the two students were immediately transferred to Bach Mai Hospital.

Mr. Hoang Van Nghia (father of HTH student - 12th grader, Son Dong Boarding High School) said that around 3pm on November 24, the couple was working in the field when they heard that their child had fainted due to vaccination. He and his wife rushed to the school to find the child lying motionless, he and the homeroom teacher and some medical staff took the child to the hospital for emergency.

After 2 days of emergency, H's health is now out of danger. However, his daughter has not woken up yet. "When I heard the news that the couple had lost their limbs, they rushed to the school to take their children to the emergency room. On the H day of the injection, the couple did not go to school with their children, for some reason the accident fell on my child. Now. I'm still not awake, still in a deep coma. I'm really worried," Mr. Nghia said.

Talking to PV on the morning of November 26, a doctor at the Intensive Care Unit (Bach Mai Hospital) said that on the evening of November 24, the Intensive Care Unit received a case of HTH patient in a state of anaphylaxis. Grade 3 critical, heart failure. While the heart was not working, the doctors used ECMO technique (placed a device to guide the flow into the patient's blood to lead out, then the machine will pump blood through a filtration system to reduce the functional load). function for the heart, then return oxygen to the vascular and arterial system for nourishment).

"After the emergency was completed, the patient was relieved of the burden and the crisis was over. Before using ECMO, we used drugs to stimulate the heart beat, now we are gradually reducing it. However, now The patient has not yet regained consciousness," the doctor said.

Also according to a representative of the Department of Intensive Care, after treating HTH's case, the doctors continued to receive a 16-year-old male patient in Bac Giang in a similar condition. Currently, both have not regained consciousness, doctors are continuing to closely monitor the health status of the two cases above.

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