A doctor in Boston, United States, suffered a severe allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine on Thursday. This is the first allergic reaction reported with Moderna’s vaccine.
It is the first serious publicly linked reaction to Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine (Photo: AP)
A Boston doctor with a shellfish allergy developed a severe allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing the doctor.
Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncology researcher at Boston Medical Center, said he had a severe reaction almost immediately after being vaccinated, feeling dizzy and with a racing heart, the NYT reported.
It is the first serious reaction publicly linked to Moderna’s vaccine, which is in its first week of release across the country.
David Kibbe, a spokesman for Boston Medical Center, said in a statement on Friday that Dr. Sadrzadeh “felt he was developing an allergic reaction and was allowed to self-administer his personal epi-pen. He was taken to the Emergency Department. , evaluated, treated, observed and dismissed. Today is fine. “
A US Food and Drug Administration official said last week that the FDA is investigating about five allergic reactions that occurred after people received the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE in the United States.