Thai Health Officials Urge Calm after Death of Covid-19 Vaccine Recipient

Health officials in Thailand are rushing to calm public fears after confirming a man died after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month. The man was inoculated on March 3 and died on March 13.

His death was cause of death was from an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and rupture, senior health official Dr Sopon Mekton said. Dr Sopon also said despite the man death Thailand’s Covid-19 vaccine campaign would continue.

“I am confident this death is from the aneurysm and not related to the vaccine,” Dr Sopon told Reuters.

An AAA is the swelling of the main blood vessel that leads from the heart and ruptures can be fatal.

The man, whose age was not disclosed, had a pre-existing health condition and had undergone surgery in January, said health official Tawee Chotpitayasunond, describing it as “a time bomb in the body”.

Health Minster Anutin Charnvirakul urged the public…