Brazil health regulator says adolescent's death not related to Pfizer vaccine

Brazil health regulator says adolescent's death not related to Pfizer vaccine

Brazil's health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday that the death of a 16-year-old who got a first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 earlier this month was not related to the vaccine.

Concluding an investigation into the death, Anvisa said it was caused by an auto-immune disease suffered by the adolescent. The Pfizer vaccine is the only one approved for minors in Brazil.

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