Beijing, Feb 27 (EFE).- The Taiwanese government will compensate the family of a girl who died days after receiving the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine with TWD 3.5 million ($114,100), local media reported Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This case was included in a list published by the Taiwanese Health Ministry detailing the beneficiaries of compensation for having suffered adverse reactions after being vaccinated against various diseases, including the new coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lo Yi-chun, spokesman for the island’s Epidemic Center, said the requirements to be compensated were only met in a dozen of the 118 cases received by the Vaccination Damage Compensation Program instituted by the Ministry of Health, according to Taiwanese state news agency CNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The largest of the compensations is the one the family of the minor will receive, who was in the range of five to 11 years old and went into a coma three days after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl, who died shortly after, suffered “fulminant myocarditis,” said Lo, who added that this pathology is usually caused by a viral infection, so it is unlikely that it was due to the vaccine she had received, as it was a of the mRNA type (known as messenger RNA.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the spokesman said there is no medical evidence the girl died as a result of the vaccine, he also said the possibility cannot be excluded due to the short time elapsed between the inoculation and the death of the little girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Taiwanese Ministry also compensated people who suffered adverse effects after receiving AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines, and the BCG. EFE <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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