LAGUINDINGAN, PHILIPPINES – Four members of the same family have died within a 2 week period after receiving a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The family, whose name is not released, all died in the first ten days of August. The daughter and husband/son-in-law were both vaccinated on July 26th while the parents of the 35-year-old daughter got vaccinated on July 27th.

The 35-year-old daughter died on August 1st while her 37-year-old husband died five days later on August 6th. One of her parents died in hospital three days after admission on August 8th. The other parent died two days later on August 10th.

The two couples lived in separate houses in a compound in the municipality of Laguindingan.

The Philippines Department of Health (DoH) announced that they have launched an investigation into the sudden deaths of the four family members.