A Swiss person who was among the first in the country to be vaccinated with a coronavirus shot later died, officials in the canton of Lucerne said on Wednesday,though they did not indicate whether the death was related to the inoculation. "We are aware of the case," a spokesperson said, adding the matter had been referred to Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic. Lucerne was the site of the first vaccinations in Switzerland beginning last week, with a shot from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech given mainly toelderly people. Switzerland has received 107,000 vaccine doses, so far, and expects to get 250,000 per month starting next year.

Source: The Standard December 30, 2020 11:48 UTC