WATCH: Nurse who fainted after receiving COVID-19 vaccine did not die

WATCH: Nurse who fainted after receiving COVID-19 vaccine did not die

A video of a nurse who fainted after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot, live on TV, has resurfaced. 

Nurse faints after vaccine shot
Screenshot/Twitter/Faheem Younus, MD @FaheemYounus

Social media users have been sharing posts that claim that the nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is dead. Apparently, that's not true. 

According to reports, the hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where Nurse Manager Tiffany Dover works, confirmed that she is well.

In a video that has gone viral, the nurse, Tiffany Dover who received the shot was addressing a press conference, when she suddenly put her hand on her forehead, apologised and said she was feeling dizzy. "Sorry, I'm feeling really dizzy," before she fainted live on television. 

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Many people were shocked and took to social media to share their disapproval of the COVID-19 vaccines. 

An expert has also responded to the video on Twitter asking people to stop 'fear-mongering'. 

The University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center's VP and Chief Quality Officer Faheem Younus said that this was not an allergic reaction to the vaccine. 

Watch the video below.

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