TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – A total of 35 residents of New South Wales, Australia, who had received 2 doses of the corona virus vaccine, died from the Delta Covid-19 variant. In the record of deaths due to Covid-19 on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, of the 7 Covid-19 patients who died, 3 patients had injected 2 doses. coronavirus vaccine.
There have been a total of 316 deaths due to Covid-19 since the deadly virus broke out in the Kangaroo Country. Of that amount, about 11 percent were experienced by Covid-19 patients who had injected two doses of the corona virus vaccine. Experts say there are other factors, which also affect the death of a Covid-19 patient, including age and history of congenital disease.
People queue at the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing clinic at Mona Vale Hospital after a new coronavirus outbreak was detected in Sydney’s North Shore area, Australia, December 18, 2020. [REUTERS / Loren Elliott]
Tony Cunningham, Director of the Center for Virus Research at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia, said the death toll from Covid-19 did not tell the full story.
“In a number of trials, of course, we know these vaccines are about 97 percent effective at avoiding death from Covid-19. This is basically a very small percentage compared to people who are not immunized against the coronavirus vaccine,” Cunningham said.
According to Cunningham, Covid-19 patients who have been injected with the corona virus vaccine, who are most at risk of death are those who have immune problems or the elderly age group.
The New South Wales Department of Health did not provide details on the previous medical history when a Covid-19 patient died. The most recent data shown until September 11, 2021 is that 21 people died in the condition that they had injected two doses coronavirus vaccine. Most of them are elderly.
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Source: abc.net.au
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