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An elderly woman with pre-existing medical conditions died hours after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine in a parental home in Queensland. The woman reportedly received a dose of Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday before she died that afternoon. According to the Courier Mail, the woman had a lung condition. Police were called to the Springwood Yurana Aged Care Facility after the 82-year-old woman died. The death is not suspicious, a police spokesman said and a report will be compiled for the coroner. Chief medical officer Paul Kelly said: “at this stage there are no signs of causation”. “Every event that happens after vaccination is fully investigated,” Professor Kelly said. “Unfortunately, more than 1,000 people succeed in aged care every week. It is, as the head of the TGA noted, inevitable that it includes people who have recently been vaccinated.” Older and debilitated people can be expected to pass away in elderly care due to the progression of the underlying disease or natural causes, this does not mean that the vaccine has contributed to it. ‘It comes as authorities investigate whether a Victorian man’s rare blood clotting disorder was caused by his AstraZeneca jab. The man received the vaccine on March 22. A small number of people in Europe and the United Kingdom have reported the blood clotting disorder, but a causal link to the AstraZeneca vaccine has not yet been established. Meanwhile, the Queensland prime minister said Australia should not open its borders to any further countries until the effects of the coronavirus vaccine are complete. A travel bubble with New Zealand will travel between the two countries from 19 April. nastacia Palaszczuk is in talks with airlines to resume direct flights from NZ to regional tourism destinations. Although she thinks the NZ bubble is a good first step, she is wary of opening the borders to additional countries before the vaccine is rolled out. “I do not think we should open up in any other country before we have completed the vaccine,” the prime minister told reporters on Wednesday. Opposition leader David Crisafulli said the NZ travel bubble was “wonderful news” and called on the government to compete aggressively for its share of international tourists. “We are now in a knife fight and our competitors are every other state in the Commonwealth, so we have to work hard on that,” he said, calling for a ‘sharp’ marketing campaign. Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said the federal government’s vaccine supply still did not match. Queensland has about 14 days stock of the AstraZeneca vaccine and seven days of the Pfizer jab. Me. D’Ath said Queensland is not accumulating stock but that it is holding a ‘contingency’ amid the uncertainty. Me. Palaszczuk also expressed condolences to the family of the dual Papua New Guinea-British citizen Mal “Kela” Smith, who died of the COVID-19 complications in Brisbane. The 77-year-old former governor of PNG’s Eastern Highlands province died on March 28 at Redcliffe Hospital. “It’s just a tragedy that he passed away, he was a very sick man,” the prime minister said. Mr Smith served as a helicopter pilot in the Australian Army and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery during a co-operation in the Vietnam War in 1970. Australian Associated Press
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An elderly woman with pre-existing medical conditions died hours after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine in a parental home in Queensland.
The woman reportedly received a dose of Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday before dying that afternoon.
According to the Courier Mail, the woman had a lung condition.
Police were called to the Springwood Yurana Aged Care Facility after the 82-year-old woman died.
The death is not suspicious, a police spokesman said and a report will be compiled for the coroner.
Chief medical officer Paul Kelly said: “at this stage there are no signs of causation”.
“Every event that happens after vaccination is fully investigated,” Professor Kelly said.
“Unfortunately, more than 1,000 people succeed in aged care every week. It is, as the head of the TGA noted, inevitable that it includes people who have recently been vaccinated.
“Older and debilitated people can be expected to die in aged care due to the progression of underlying disease or natural causes, this does not mean that the vaccine has contributed to this.”
It comes as authorities investigate whether a Victorian man’s rare blood clotting disorder was caused by his AstraZeneca jab.
The man received the vaccine on March 22.
A small number of people in Europe and the United Kingdom have experienced the blood clotting disorder, but a causal link with the AstraZeneca vaccine has yet to be determined.
Meanwhile, the Queensland prime minister has said Australia should not open its borders to further countries before the deployment of the coronavirus vaccine is complete.
A travel bubble with New Zealand will travel between the two countries from April 19.
Annastacia Palaszczuk is in talks with airlines to resume direct flights from NZ to regional tourism destinations.
Although she thinks the NZ bubble is a good first step, she is wary of opening the borders to additional countries before the vaccine is rolled out.
“I do not think we should open up in any other country before we have completed the vaccine,” the prime minister told reporters on Wednesday.
Opposition leader David Crisafulli said the NZ travel bubble was “wonderful news” and called on the government to compete aggressively for its share of international tourists.
“We are now in a knife fight and our competitors are every other state in the Commonwealth, so we have to work hard on that,” he said, calling for a ‘sharp’ marketing campaign.
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said the federal government’s vaccine supply still did not match.
Queensland has about 14 days stock of the AstraZeneca vaccine and seven days of the Pfizer jab.
Me. D’Ath said Queensland is not accumulating stock but that it is holding a ‘contingency’ amid the uncertainty.
Me. Palaszczuk also expressed condolences to the family of the dual Papua New Guinea-British citizen Mal “Kela” Smith, who died of the COVID-19 complications in Brisbane.
The 77-year-old former governor of the Eastern Highlands province of PNG died on March 28 at Redcliffe Hospital.
“It’s just a tragedy that he passed away, he was a very sick man,” the prime minister said.
Mr Smith served as a helicopter pilot in the Australian Army and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry during a fellow subject operation in the Vietnam War in 1970.
Australian Associated Press