Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Evaluation of mortality attributable to SARS-CoV-2 vaccine administration using national level data from Qatar

  • Adeel A. Butt,
  • Mylai D. Guerrero,
  • Elenor B. Canlas,
  • Husni Al-Dwairi,
  • Abeir Bakhiet Mohammed Ali Alimam,
  • Abdur Rehman Mohamad,
  • Mohammed Thamer Ali,
  • Nidal Ahmad Asaad,
  • Ali Ahmed Sheikh Saleh Alkeldi,
  • Mohammad Fawaz Saber Mohammad,
  • Anil G. Thomas,
  • Abdullatif Al-Khal,
  • Muna Al-Maslamani,
  • Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35653-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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This study assesses the probability that deaths following a COVID-19 vaccination are attributable to the vaccine. The authors review all deaths that occurred within 30 days of vaccine receipt in Qatar until June 2022 and find that deaths attributable to vaccination are extremely rare.