The Ministry of Health New Zealand announced today the death of a woman who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 with the preparation of Pfizer/BioNTech.
An independent committee responsible for the safety of COVID-19 vaccines estimates that the cause of the woman's death was that she experienced myocarditis, which is known to be a rare side effect of vaccine Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, according to a press release from the ministry.
According to the committee, the woman had comorbidities that may have worsened her condition after vaccination.
The ministry also announced today that 53 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the past 24 hours. SARS-CoV-2, all in Auckland, New Zealand's most populous city, with the total number of infections recorded in the current community outbreak reaching 562, 547 in Auckland and 15 in the capital. Wellington.
