Australia Is Seeking Additional Information Regarding Norway Pfizer Concerns

Australia Is Seeking Additional Information Regarding Norway Pfizer Concerns
Vials of coronavirus vaccine and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo, on Oct. 31, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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Australia is investigating reports that Norwegian authorities are concerned about the safety of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after a number of elderly and frail people died after being inoculated.

The Norwegian Medicines Agency has reported 29 people had suffered side effects from having the vaccine, 13 of them fatal.