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COVID-19: Family of teen whose death is linked to Pfizer vaccine don't want it used to push anti-vax rhetoric, Ashley Bloomfield says

Speaking to media on Tuesday the Director-General of Health said the person who died was a teenager.

"This was a young person, a teenager and it's very sad that this young person has died," Bloomfield said.

Bloomfield said the Independent Safety Monitoring Board put a lot of thought into its ruling that the death was linked to the vaccine.

"The consensus was that it's most likely this was vaccine-related, we will never know and there is still some doubt. One thing I do want to say is the family was very clear that they didn't want this death, this unfortunate and very sad death, to in any way put people off from being vaccinated or to be used by groups to try and undermine vaccination efforts in New Zealand," he said.

**Bloomfield said the teenager's death was "quite sudden" and they didn't experience any symptoms beforehand. **

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/04/covid-19-family-of-teen-whose-death-is-linked-to-pfizer-vaccine-don-t-want-it-used-to-push-anti-vax-rhetoric-ashley-bloomfield-says.html