Vietnam reports first death in patient who received AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Vietnam's health ministry on Friday reported its first death in a patient who received AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine shot, as the country is battling a new outbreak. A 35-year-old female health worker in the southern province of An Giang died on Friday, one day after she received her first coronavirus vaccine shot, the Ministry of Health said in a statement, adding that she died from allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. 'This is a very rare case in the vaccination against COVID-19,' the ministry said in the statement.