The administrative investigation opened following the death, near Nantes, of a schoolboy who suffered illness and then a fall after being vaccinated against the papillomavirus, did not find any evidence of ” dysfunction “, announced, Friday, November 24, the Regional Health Agency (ARS).
At the end of October, a student of 5e from the Saint-Dominique college in Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique), had made a “heavy fall”, which caused head trauma, fifteen minutes after being vaccinated. Hospitalized at the Nantes University Hospital, the teenager succumbed to his injuries a few days later.
“The investigation does not reveal any dysfunction in the organization of the vaccination campaign, in the preparation of the federal prevention screening center (CFPD 44), (…) or on the distribution and provision of vaccines circuit which would have been the cause of the accident which led to the death of the young boy”writes the ARS of Pays de la Loire in a press release.
“However, elements still need to be explored in more detail regarding the conditions for triggering assistance and caring for the young boy after his fall”she continues, announcing that its director general will commission the general inspection of social affairs on this point.
There is nothing to incriminate the vaccine, according to the prosecution
“Given the conclusions of the administrative investigation mission, the vaccination campaign in Pays de la Loire can continue”adds the ARS.
The Nantes public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into manslaughter. The autopsy confirmed that “the death of the young man was the result of craniocerebral trauma”revealed the public prosecutor of Nantes, Renaud Gaudeul. “Today we have no evidence to indicate that the vaccine product itself is the cause of death”he added.
The vaccination campaign was suspended in Loire-Atlantique on Friday October 20, the eve of the school holidays. It resumed at the start of the school year, on November 6.
On November 14, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) recommended that, during the quarter of an hour following the injection, adolescents remain lying or sitting on the ground, leaning against a wall.
The vaccination campaign for middle school students in 5th gradee against human papillomavirus (HPV), the cause of many cancers, particularly cervical cancer, was launched at the beginning of October in France. It is not obligatory.