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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Pharmacies and Poisons Board has issued a clarification following reports that one person had died after taking the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

The board has denied the claims, stating that no one had died from the vaccine, and termed the reports as wild misinformation.<\/p>\n

“There was a misreporting of an Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) as fatal. The board also wishes to state that out of the reported cases, 272 were mild and resolved within a short period,” reads a statement by the PPB.<\/p>\n

The board has assured that all reported cases of AEFI that are serious are being investigated and none of them has resulted in fatal outcomes.<\/p>\n

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According to PPB, the seven serious AEFI have been resolved.\u00a0The board further called upon the public to report any suspected reaction or even death emanating from the vaccine.<\/p>\n

The deputy director of the PPB Dr. Peter Mbwiiri Ikamati, had earlier said that the agency was investigating one death that had occurred\u00a0after a Kenyan received the vaccine dose.<\/p>\n

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Dr Collins Taabu who heads the\u00a0National Vaccines and Immunisation Programme dismissed the report, saying that there\u00a0was no link and that the cause of death was yet to be established.<\/p>\n

Ikamati later retracted his statement citing\u00a0an error and that what was\u00a0reported was a case of a woman who had miscarriage.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Board\u00a0approved the\u00a0Covid-19 vaccine\u00a0manufactured by AstraZeneca in February, clearing the path for the roll-out of the vaccine in the country.<\/p>\n

The Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi\u00a0allayed fears regarding the vaccine noting that no after-effects had been recorded from\u00a0Kenyans who had taken the jab.<\/p>\n

“In terms of the safety of the vaccine, Astrazeneca underwent the necessary trials and already received approval by the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n

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CS Mutahi Kagwe\u00a0reported\u00a0that 40 minor events had been reported through the Covid-19 vaccine monitoring app. Dr Aman noted that the minor cases were expected.<\/p>\n

“The events recorded are not significant to warrant any investigations,” he assured.\u00a0He added that medical officers had accounted for the largest number of people who have received the vaccine at 74,698 as of April 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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