(Asian News Hub) – Some teenagers and young adults who received COVID-19 vaccines experienced heart inflammation, a CDC advisory group said, recommending further study of the rare condition.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in a statement dated May 17 said it had looked into reports that a few young vaccine recipients, predominantly adolescents and young adults, and predominantly male, developed myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.
The CDC said the cases typically occurred within four days after receiving the mRNA vaccines. It did not say how many people had been affected and recommended further investigation.
Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said vaccines are known to cause myocarditis and would be important to monitor to see if it is causally related to the vaccine. It is important to look at the risk-benefit ratio, he added.
