The deceased is a 49-year-old male who died in August after being administered a
The deaths of another two other people, aged 30 and 38 years, who also died after receiving the vaccine, continue to be investigated, a health ministry spokesperson told EFE on Tuesday.
The 49-year-old man received his second dose on
The ministry said that no foreign substances were seen by the naked eye in the vials used on these occasions and it is currently unknown whether there is a link between the deaths and the injections.
In the statement announcing the third death, the ministry said that since the material detected is used in medical equipment, such as heart valves, joint replacement and surgical sutures and staples, it was considered unlikely to affect the body if it were to enter it.
The ministry added that it will continue gathering information on the case and evaluating it.
"Takeda and
"There is no indication that any of the deaths following administration of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine were in any way related to administration of the vaccine. At this point, there is also no reason to believe that the vaccine poses any health hazard or undue safety risk," they added.
Contaminating particles were observed in 39 vials (390 doses), but the health ministry decided to block three batches (3004667, 3004734 and 3004956) including 1.63 million doses produced at the same time and in the same Rovi plant as a precautionary measure.
Around half a million people have been vaccinated in
The Japanese ministry has been reporting all deaths of vaccinated people in order to provide transparency on its system of monitoring the safety of Covid-19 drugs.
The Asian country has administered more than 135 million Covid-19 vaccine doses.
While 75 million people have received one dose, 60 million have been fully vaccinated, representing 59.3 percent and 47.9 percent of the population, respectively. EFE
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