TARGU JIU, ROMANIA – A 47-year-old man from Targu Jiu has died less than 24 hours after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The man, whose name is not released, got his shot on February 28th and died the next morning from a sudden cardiac arrest while at work. The autopsy report concluded that the man suffered from no underlying health issues.

This is the second case of its kind in Romania, following the death of a 45-year-old man from Argeș a day after he was vaccinated, according to the Vaccination Steering Committee. Four hours after the vaccine was administered, he was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Mioveni but was discharged hours later. The next day, his family called an ambulance but he passed away before they arrived.

The grieving mother of the 47-year-old appeared on Romanian News Channel Antena 3: