Woman Who Died After Receiving COVID Vaccine Was Not Properly Cared For, Inquiry Finds

New Zealand’s health commissioner has found the GP failed to provide appropriate care to the woman, who died of a thromboembolism.

A boy is vaccinated at the drive-through vaccination centre at North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand on Jan. 17, 2022. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

A health commissioner has concluded that a woman, with a rare genetic disorder, found dead in her bed four days after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination was not given appropriate care by her GP.

New Zealand’s Health and Disability Commissioner has ordered the doctor write a letter of apology to the patient’s family.