A man in his 60s from Taichung City developed "capillary leak syndrome" after receiving the AZ vaccine.

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(Reuters)

[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] Due to the local epidemic of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19), the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Vaccination Victim Relief Review Group announced the latest results. A man in his 60s in Taichung City appeared " Capillary Leak Syndrome", the review committee believed that it was impossible to determine the correlation with vaccination, so a relief fund of 400,000 yuan was issued according to regulations.

This is the first case of capillary leak syndrome after vaccination.

"Capillary leak syndrome" is a sudden and reversible capillary disease in which plasma rapidly penetrates from blood vessels to interstitial spaces, causing rapid systemic edema, hypoalbuminemia, decreased blood pressure, and in severe cases, multiple organs Functional failure, frequency and severity of attacks vary from person to person.

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Zhuang Renxiang, a spokesman for the Epidemic Command Center, said that this is the first case of capillary leakage syndrome in a case related to the new crown vaccine that has been reviewed in China.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) also announced in June last year that "capillary leak syndrome" was added as one of the side effects of the AZ vaccine.

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