2 Days After Receiving COVID-19 Shot, Healthy 41-Year-Old Mother Dies in Portugal

Close up image of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination vial at The Falmouth Health Centre during the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations in Falmouth, England on Dec. 20, 2020. Hugh Hastings/Getty Images

A 41-year-old mother of two was found dead by her boyfriend two days after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, in Portugal, having shown no prior signs of adverse reactions.

Sonia Acevedo, who worked in a pediatric clinic in Porto, Portugal, was one of 538 health professionals to receive the first of two jabs of the experimental Pfizer BioNTech COVID shots, on Dec. 30.