Queensland premier downplays link between elderly woman’s death and COVID vaccine

The Queensland premier says “all the circumstances” relating to the death of an elderly woman hours after she received a COVID-19 vaccine will be investigated.

Annastacia Palaszczuk has expressed her confidence in the vaccine rollout on Thursday, after the woman’s death added to a series of recent developments which have sparked concerns about the safety of the jab.

It is understood the 82-year-old received a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the Springwood Yurana Aged Care Facility on…