The Minister of Health, Nisia Trindade, was diagnosed with covid-19. According to people close to her, she has mild symptoms, such as cough and runny nose. The information is from the Metrópoles portal and was confirmed by West this Monday, the 29th.
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Days before being diagnosed with the coronavirus, the minister participated in two events with President Lula. Last Thursday, the 25th, Nísia was present at the Palácio do Planalto, where the sanctioning ceremony of the bill that changes the Organic Health Law took place. The following day, she traveled with the PT member to Nova Lima (MG), to a visit to Biomm’s insulin production plant.
A new test for the disease must be carried out by Nísia after the five-day isolation period.
Covid-19 vaccine may have side effects rare, says AstraZeneca
Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca admitted to the court that its vaccine could have “deadly side effects”. According to the British newspaper DailyMailthe laboratory has been the target of a collective lawsuit filed by several families who blame the company for alleged side effects that may have caused “damage to the health or even death” of patients who were immunized with the company’s vaccine.
Even contesting the allegations, the company acknowledged in a legal document that the vaccine can, in “very rare cases”, cause thrombosis syndrome with thrombocytopenia (TTS) — that is, when there is a reduction in the number of platelets responsible for clotting the blood. According to the English newspaper The Telegraphonce the possibility of a reaction is assumed, AstraZeneca may have to compensate for each case.
According to lawyers representing the plaintiffs, some families could receive up to €20 million (R$128 million) in compensation.
Read more: “AstraZeneca admits for the first time ‘rare side effects’ of the covid vaccine”
