New Delhi: After receiving injections of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, a Boston doctor with a seafood allergy developed a severe allergic reaction. According to the New York Times reports, Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncology researcher at Boston Medical Center, felt dizzy immediately after being inoculated. Read also – Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine has ‘winning formula’, will ‘protect 95% of patients’, says AstraZeneca CEO
In a statement, a Boston Medical Center spokesman said: “Dr. Sadrzadeh felt that he was developing an allergic reaction and was allowed to self-administer his personal epi-pen. He was taken to the Emergency Room, evaluated, treated, observed and dismissed. He’s fine today. ” Read also – India prepares for mass deployment of the COVID-19 vaccine, running dry in 4 states
Ray Jordan, a spokeswoman for Moderna, said the company’s medical security team would look into the matter. Notably, this was the first serious publicly-related reaction to Moderna’s vaccine. Also read – Is it mandatory to get the coronavirus vaccine? Is it safe? Frequently asked questions answered
Early last week, the Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) approved Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, potentially adding the second vaccine to America’s mass vaccination effort against a violent pandemic.
Before that, the FDA approved the emergency use authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
Moderna’s vaccine is based on the same technology as Pfizer – mRNA. The real virus is not embedded in these vaccines and people who get the vaccines cannot get it. Instead, the vaccine contains a piece of genetic code that trains the body’s immune system to recognize the protein spike on the surface of the Covid-19 virus and helps build an organic defense when the attack occurs.