Health authorities in Portugal are investigating the sudden death of Sónia Azevedo, assistant in pediatric surgery at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology (IPO) in Porto , who died at home while sleeping two days after being vaccinated against coronavirus .
The 41 year old woman had received a dose of Pfizer’s vaccine against COVID – 19 on 30 December.
On January 1, the woman died “suddenly” and, at the moment, the authorities and her relatives are waiting for the results of the autopsy to establish the cause of death. .
The aforementioned institute indicated in a statement on Sunday that the health worker did not report any adverse effects either at the time of vaccination or in the following days.
The father of the deceased told Correio da Manhã that his daughter was fine after the inoculation and that she did not present symptoms that could be associated with a negative reaction to the dose.
The daughter of the deceased, Vânia Figueiredo, stated in the same way that her mother only mentioned feeling discomfort at the injection site, which is normal in the process.
Azevedo changed his profile photo on Facebook with one in which he appears with the mask on and the phrase “ vaccinated against COVID – 19 ”.
At this time, no deaths have been reported as a result of having received doses of the available vaccines against coronavirus, from Pfizer or Moderna.
In some cases, the vaccinated have experienced allergic reactions, but not serious .