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Autopsy confirms teen in Guyana did not die from COVID-19 vaccine

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Georgetown – An autopsy conducted on a 13-year-old schoolboy found that he died because of bleeding in his brain, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Wednesday.

The autopsy was prompted after Joshua Henry died on Monday, a few hours after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

In the statement, the Ministry of Health said there was no scarring or hematoma, a collection of blood under the skin, found near the vaccination site.

It said the cause of death was a ruptured cerebral (or brain) aneurysm, that led to cerebral haemorrhage.

The ministry said that the aneurysm was a pre-existing condition.

An aneurysm usually occurs when a bulge forms in a blood vessel in the brain and fills with blood.

Health experts said aneurysms often produce no symptoms unless they burst open or leak blood and a severe headache and or a fatal stroke may occur if that happens.

In Joshua’s case, the ministry reported that the ruptured aneurysm led to brain bleed.

(CMC)

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