The health ministry has urged people to remain calm and not to trigger public alarm following a video clip alleging that several people including teenagers had died after receiving their Covid-19 vaccinations.<\/p>\n
The one minute 40 second clip featured a woman who claimed that several individuals including two secondary school students in Ipoh, Perak, and a teenager in Lahad Datu, Sabah, had died due to the Covid-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n
Perak police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid had said that the claims about the students in Ipoh were not true.<\/p>\n
Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali meanwhile said an investigation by the health ministry found that the students in Ipoh, both aged 17, had type 1 diabetes and congenital heart disease respectively.<\/p>\n
The teenage girl who was a type 1 diabetes patient depended on insulin treatment. The student was infected with Covid-19 and died on Aug 18 before the PICK adolescent vaccination programme began.<\/p>\n
The teenage boy who had congenital heart disease was taken to the hospital emergency unit due to a severe infection. Respiratory assistance and resuscitation were carried out but he died on Sept 17 and had not yet received the Covid-19 vaccine, he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
He said investigations also found no deaths involving teenagers after the vaccination programme for students as reported in Lahad Datu, Sabah.<\/p>\n
The woman in the clip also claimed that two children in Ipoh had experienced adverse events following immunisation (Aefi).<\/p>\n
Noor Azmi said the health ministry had found that the youth, who are siblings, aged 16 and 18, had experienced side effects from the Comirnaty vaccine and were warded in a private hospital in Ipoh.<\/p>\n
He said checks by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) found that no reports on their side effects had been received so far.<\/p>\n
However, he advised parents and guardians to monitor their children after they receive the vaccine as Aefi can occur although in most cases they are mild.<\/p>\n
The health ministry wishes to advise all government and private medical practitioners who suspect that their patient is suffering from Aefi to immediately lodge an Aefi report with the NPRA.<\/p>\n
Before issuing a public statement, ensure that the source of information has been verified by an authorised and responsible source, he added.<\/p>\n
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