KYIV—Ukraine’s health ministry is investigating why a 47-year-old man died four hours after he received a shot of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, the ministry said late on Friday. It said the death may have no connection to the shot and that another five people who were vaccinated from the same vial as the man who died were in a satisfactory condition. The ministry said that under Ukrainian law and international standards for the organisation of pharmacovigilance for adverse events after immunization, every death that occurs within 30 days of immunization must be investigated. “Our immediate thoughts are with the bereaved family. We take adverse events that are potentially associated with our COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2, very seriously. We note at this time that no causal link has been established in this case,” Pfizer said in a statement. “To date, more than 400 million people around the world have been vaccinated with …
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