Swiss Person Dies after COVID-19 Shot, Not Clear If Related to Vaccine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Swiss national who was vaccinated with a COVID-19 shot later died, officials in the canton of Lucerne said on Wednesday.
The person was among the first in the country to be vaccinated, though officials did not indicate whether the death was related to the inoculation.
“We are aware of the case,” a spokesperson said, adding the matter had been referred to Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic, Reuters reported.
Lucerne was the site of the first vaccinations in Switzerland beginning last week, with a shot from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech given primarily to elderly people. Switzerland has received 107,000 vaccine doses, so far, and expects to get 250,000 per month starting next year.
