Investigation into NSW post-jab death

Federal health authorities are investigating the death of a NSW resident just days after taking a COVID vaccine.

Federal health authorities are investigating the death of a NSW resident just days after taking a COVID vaccine.

Federal health authorities are investigating the death of a NSW resident just days after taking a COVID vaccine.

NSW Health said a person had died after receiving the jab and the Therapeutic Goods Administration was investigating.

Health authorities would not reveal the person’s gender and age, though reports said it was a 48-year-old woman from the central coast. It is not known which vaccine was involved.

NSW Health said a causal link between the vaccine had not yet been established.

“NSW Health is notified when a serious or unexpected adverse event occurs,” a NSW Health spokesperson said.

“NSW Health investigates these events and refers its expert panel findings to the TGA, which is responsible for assessing causality.”

The TGA said on Thursday night that vaccine-related clotting was different from common blood clots.

“The blood-clotting disorders being investigated in connection with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are very rare and differ from common blood clots or venous thromboembolism, which occur in around 50 Australians every day,” the TGA said. “The clotting disorder being investigated in connection with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine … has been confirmed in only two cases out of over 700,000 people who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia.”