South Korea to compensate nurse paralyzed after AstraZeneca vaccine

A nursing assistant

A nursing assistant who was paralyzed after receiving a shot of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine will receive compensation from the South Korean state after she was recognized as a victim of an industrial accident.

The health worker, whose name was not disclosed, had been inoculated against Covid-19 on March 12. She later suffered from double vision and paralysis – and was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease known as acute encephalomyelitis, the state-run Korea Workers’ Compensation & Welfare Service said in a statement on Friday.

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