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A Victorian coroner is investigating whether a young woman's death from heart inflammation after receiving her third Covid-19 jab was caused by the Moderna vaccine.
Moderna's lawyers appeared before the Coroners Court in Melbourne on Wednesday for a hearing into the death of 21-year-old Natalie Boyce.
The court was told she received her third dose of Covid vaccine on February 18, 2022, which was the Moderna mRNA vaccine.
About a week later, she went to see a GP after vomiting for five days, suffering aching pain and at one point fainting.
In the following weeks, Ms Boyce went to hospital and a medical centre as her symptoms of vomiting, pain and fainting persisted.
On March 5, she went to Mulgrave Private Hospital, after suffering chest pain and shortness of breath, and was transferred to The Alfred where she was diagnosed with fulminant myocarditis.
Natalie Boyce died in March, 2022. A coroner is investigating whether her death was linked to the Moderna Covid vaccine
The 21-year-old's condition deteriorated after she underwent surgery to remove a clot, then during an MRI she suffered a heart attack.
She could not be revived and was declared dead on March 27.
A forensic pathologist performed a
