23 people died after receiving the Pfizer vaccine 5
Health officials believe that the deaths may be related to side effects of the vaccine after vaccination.
Norway has administered the first dose of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to more than 30,000 people since the end of December 2020.
`The deaths do not worry us too much,` said Steinar Madsen, medical director at the Norwegian Medicines Agency.
A representative of pharmaceutical company Pfizer said it `is aware of the situation of deaths` and is working with the Norwegian Medicines Agency to collect information.
This person also said that the Norwegian Medicines Agency will thoroughly evaluate the link between the deaths and vaccination.
A pharmacist takes the Pfizer vaccine from a vial at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington in December 2020.
According to a report on November 14, a total of 29 people had side effects after injection, including 21 women and 8 men.
To date, Norway has recorded more than 57,000 cases of Covid-19 and 500 deaths.
On January 15, Germany recorded 10 people, aged 79 to 93, with underlying medical conditions, who died about 4 days after the first dose of Pfizer vaccine.
On January 4, American doctor Gregory Michael died, 16 days after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, from cerebral hemorrhage and stroke.
On November 18, 2020, pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced that it had completed testing and updated the results, with the Covid-19 vaccine being up to 95% effective in preventing Covid-19 infection.
Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine was emergency approved by the FDA on December 11, 2020, starting to be used for frontline medical staff and the elderly in nursing homes.
In clinical trials, the company reported that the vaccine had no safety problems.
