Australia: Omission Of Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths Raises Concerns
An Australian senator has said he is concerned about the country’s therapeutic authorities’ delayed approach to updating Australia’s Database of Adverse Event Notifications (DAEN) after it was revealed the government body had neglected to include several deaths attributed to the vaccine, including that of two children aged 7 and 9.
This comes after a Freedom of Information request by an Australian doctor revealed the Australian pharmaceutical and drug administrator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), had not updated its DAEN with the deaths. The senator noted that he was highly concerned that the TGA had soft-pedalled the risks involved with the COVID-19 vaccines, especially those around myocarditis and cardiac arrests.
As of March 6, the DAEN states that since the beginning of the vaccination rollout in Australia, 137,576 adverse events have been reported relating to the range of COVID-19 vaccines. Of those, 134,224 are believed to be directly related to the vaccines, while 980 are vaccine-related deaths.
