2023-10-30 17:38:57
Justice has decided to carry out investigations after the death of a schoolboy who fell on his head while feeling unwell just after being vaccinated against the papillomavirus (HPV). The accident occurred on October 19 during a vaccination campaign carried out at the Saint-Dominique college in Saint-Herblain, in the suburbs of Nantes. The middle school student, enrolled in 5th grade in this establishment, finally died on Friday October 27 in hospital following a “head trauma”, the regional health agency (ARS) of Pays-de-la-France announced on Monday. Loire.
Where was the student at the time of his fall? Why did he feel unwell? Is the vaccine product to blame? In order to answer this type of question, the Nantes public prosecutor’s office opened a “preliminary investigation for involuntary homicide”, said Renaud Gaudeul, public prosecutor of Nantes.
“Without link to the vaccine product”, assures the ARS
The director of the ARS also ordered an administrative investigation in order to “establish the conditions for carrying out vaccination and its medical supervision in the establishment, as well as the conditions for the medical care of the child”. “This type of discomfort can occur due to the stress caused by vaccination but is unrelated to the vaccine product or to a defect in the quality of the vaccine”, however assures the agency this Monday, repeating what it had already stated earlier. ten days ago.
The National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) announced on October 17, just before the accident, that it would carry out “reinforced monitoring” of the side effects of the papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The vaccination campaign started at the beginning of October for 5th grade students. Each year in France, “human papillomaviruses” are responsible for more than 6,000 new cases of cancer, most often of the cervix.
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