The Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) Epidemic continued to ravage the world in the New Year. All 78 elderly people in a Spanish nursing Home were diagnosed after the first dose of Pfizer vaccine, and seven people have died so far.
According to Spain’s EFE news agency, 78 elderly people and staff at a nursing home in Lagartera, Toledo, Spain, received their first dose of Pfizer vaccine on Jan. 13. Twelve staff members were also infected.
Noting the increase in the number of patients, Spain’s official epidemic control center launched an emergency plan for Wuhan pneumonia and made the decision to “quarantine all the patients”, with all the elderly staying in their respective rooms, while seven died and four were taken to the hospital; the nursing home declared that it had measures are in place to contain the spread of the virus.
It is understood that there is no indication that there is a causal relationship between the Pfizer vaccine and the diagnosis, and Spanish health authorities have tried to emphasize that “receiving the vaccine does not prevent illness”, while the second dose of the vaccine in the nursing home was scheduled to be administered on the 3rd of this month, and a new round of virus testing is also expected to be conducted on the 5th of this month, but Spanish officials and the But Spanish officials and the nursing home have not announced the details.
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