WHO sees ‘likely’ Covid vaccine link to rare heart inflammation


Coronavirus vaccines using mRNA technology are linked to heart inflammation, but the World Health Organization says the benefits still outweigh the risks. – EPA pic, July 10, 2021.

THE World Health Organization said yesterday there was a “likely causal association” between coronavirus vaccines using mRNA technology and “very rare” heart inflammation, but the benefits still outweigh the risks.

The UN health body’s Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) said that cases of myocarditis – inflammation of the heart muscle – and pericarditis – inflammation of the lining around the heart – had been reported in multiple countries, especially the US.


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