Qld: Autopsy shows vaccine not to blame for child death

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2010
Qld: Autopsy shows vaccine not to blame for child death

More tests will be needed to determine if a two-year-old Brisbane girl died from having
a seasonal flu vaccine.

Queensland's chief health officer JEANNETTE YOUNG says an initial autopsy shows no
sign that the vaccine was to blame for the death of ASHLEY EPAPARA on April 9.

The Queensland coroner's investigating the cause of her death.

Dr YOUNG says a series of further tests will be necessary.

Both Dr YOUNG and Health Minister PAUL LUCAS have defended their response to the case
.. following opposition criticism that they didn't react quickly enough.

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KEYWORD: FLU QLD (BRISBANE)

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