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Michelle Barlow, who was just 51, died at Wigan Infirmary on March 23 this year

The inquest into the death of a Wigan woman who died a few weeks after having a Covid-19 vaccine has been opened.

Proceedings looking into the death of Michelle Barlow, from Orrell, got under way at Bolton Coroner’s Court on Wednesday with senior coroner for Manchester West Timothy Brennand presiding.

A date of November 25 has provisionally been set for a full hearing.

Ian Barlow, from Orrell, with a picture of his late wife Michelle

Michelle, pictured with Ian, who was just 51, died at Wigan Infirmary on March 23 this year.

Her death has left her widower Ian, 56, with many questions about what happened to his wife in the final weeks of her life.

Michelle had a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the novel coronavirus on March 7.

Just over a week before she died she began to feel ill, firstly with diarrhoea and an upset stomach and then with feeling sick.

Inquest into death of Wigan wife after Covid-19 vaccine