Second Alaska Health Worker Suffers Reaction To Pfizer Vaccine

Pfizer will provide 40 million Covid jabs to poorer countries at cost

CREDIT: File Photo, EWN

SECOND Alaska health worker suffers allergic reaction to Pfizer vaccine in the same hospital

The Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech has suffered another blow as a second healthcare worker in Alaska’s Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau has experienced an allergic reaction to the jab on Wednesday, December 16.

Hospital officials reported that the man experienced eye swelling, a sore throat and dizziness within minutes of taking the vaccine, but the symptoms subsided after about an hour. The first reported negative reaction occurred at the same hospital on December 15, when a female healthcare worker with no history of drug allergies suffered a serious ‘anaphylactic-like’ reaction.

Both staff members insist their experience should not dissuade anyone else from getting the jab, and Dr Anne Zink, Alaska’s chief medical officer, said:

“There were over 40,000 people in the trials and we did not see any reactions like this.”

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for taking the time to read this news article “Second Alaska Health Worker Suffers Reaction To Pfizer Vaccine”. For more UK daily news, Spanish daily news and Global news stories, visit the Euro Weekly News home page.

Author badge placeholder
Written by

Sarah Keane

Former teacher and health services manager with a Degree in English, Sarah moved to Spain from Southern Ireland with her husband, who runs his own car rental business, in 2019. She is now enjoying a completely different pace and quality of life on the Costa Blanca South, with wonderful Spanish and expat friends in Cabo Roig. Sarah began working with Euro Weekly News in 2020 and loves nothing more than bringing all the latest national and international news to her local community.

Comments