Head of the Czech Vaccination Society says baby’s death unlikely to be linked to vaccination

The death of a baby several hours after its vaccination this week is unlikely to have been caused by the vaccine, the head of the Czech Vaccination Society Roman Prymula told Czech Television on Thursday. The incident has triggered unease among parents especially since the State Institute for Drugs Control ordered the respective batch of Infanrix hexa vaccines to be pulled from the shelves of pharmacies around the country until the cause of death has been verified. Prymula said that in his opinion cot death was a more likely explanation since an allergic reaction to the vaccine would have come much earlier.