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Phuket boy's blindness due to sinusitis, not Pfizer jab

A press conference is organised at Vachira Hospital in Phuket on Monday to explain the boy's blindness. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)

A 12-year-old boy in Phuket did not lose his sight because of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine but due to severe complications from sinusitis, medical experts on the island province said.

At a press conference on Monday, Vachira Hospital director, Weerasak Lorthongkham, said Nonthaphat Sae-ong's blindness was not a severe side effect of the Pfizer vaccine, which he received on Nov 25 last year, as claimed by his relatives.

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