The Ministry of Health (MoH) is reporting a fourth death possibly linked to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
"This is a tragic circumstance, and the Board expresses their sympathy to the individual’s whānau and friends," a MoH spokesperson said.
The MoH spokesperson said the COVID-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board reviewed the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring report relating to the death in March and reviewed it again in April.
"The Board now considers that the development of myocarditis in this individual was possibly due to vaccination with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. "