UK Confirms COVID-19 Vaccine Related Fatalities

As of May 19, 2021, the United Kingdom's Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had received 382 Yellow Card reports of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADR) from people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) in which the patient died shortly after vaccination.

Furthermore, there were 806 reports for the COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) and 4 for the COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna.

The majority of these Yellow Card reports in the UK were in older people or people with underlying illnesses.

The MHRA is responsible for continuously monitoring the safety of all medicines and vaccines once they are approved for use.

The dedicated Coronavirus Yellow Card reporting site was launched in May 2020 specifically for medicines and medical devices used in COVID-19, as well as COVID-19 vaccines when authorized.

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