A Boston doctor with a shellfish allergy developed a severe allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine recently, the New York Times reported, citing the doctor. Dr Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncology fellow at Boston Medical Center, stated that he had a severe reaction almost immediately after being vaccinated, feeling dizzy and with a racing heart, the NYT said in its report. This is the first severe reaction publicly linked to Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, which is in its first week of a nationwide rollout. David Kibbe, a spokesman at the Boston Medical Center, said in a statement that Dr. Sadrzadeh "felt he was developing an allergic reaction and was allowed to self-administer his personal epi-pen. A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official said last week that the US drug regulator is investigating around five allergic reactions that occurred after people were administered Pfizer and BioNTech SE's coronavirus vaccine in America.

Source: Mint December 26, 2020 03:30 UTC