Health officials this morning said a man’s death not long after being vaccinated was unrelated caused by a pre-existing disease.
Looking to allay fears after misinformation began circulating in Thai media yesterday, health officials said the man, who died one week after being vaccinated earlier this month, was born with a congenital disease and had surgery for an aortic aneurysm prior to being vaccinated.
“We do believe that he died from aortic aneurysm, a disease that he was born with. The disease is like a ticking time bomb,” Tawee Chotipittayasunon of the Disease Control Board said at Friday’s emergency press briefing.
Tawee said the unidentified man spent 40 days in the hospital after an operation in late January to repair his aorta following an aneurysm. Soon after he was released, the man received an unspecified vaccine on March 3 and reported no…
