Health Ministry checking report about lethal outcome allegedly after Sputnik V vaccination in Bishkek

AKIPRESS.COM - The Ministry of Health is looking into report about alleged death from Sputnik V vaccination in Bishkek.
The information on lethal outcome after administration of the second dose of Sputnik V vaccine was spread across social media.
National Immunization Center Director Gulbara Ishenapysova told AKIpress the Center has not received notifications about lethal outcomes from vaccination.
"We should receive the notrice about lethal outcome after vaccination and then launch investigation. However, we tried to find the person who reported this information. He is a lawyer. We contacted him and tried to obtain information about the incident. He said the relative of his friend died. We asked to name this man to check information, but he said he should receive permission from his friend first. We waited information from him for the whole day yesterday, but he did not contact us," Gulbara Ishenapysova stated.
She said Kyrgyzstan has not registered lethal cases from COVID-19 vaccines since start of vaccination campaign.