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  • 19-year-old dies in Madhya Pradesh within 48 hours of taking COVID-19 vaccine

    By PTI

    SEHORE: A 19-year-old man died within 48 hours of being administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district, an official said on Wednesday.

    According to the local health administration, the necessary vaccine protocol had been followed, and the cause of death will be ascertained once the report of the post-mortem conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhopal arrives.

    Shubham Parmar was administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Bhanvra village on the afternoon of November 6, and had returned home after being monitored by the health team for half an hour, it was stated.

    The next morning, Shubham started vomiting and was taken to a civil hospital in Ashta and was later referred to Sehore district hospital, where he died on Monday morning, the deceased man’s family said.

    The block medical officer of Ashta Dr Praveer Gupta said Shubham’s health was monitored as per the post-vaccination protocol, and the cause of death will be probed.

    A post-mortem was conducted by doctors at AIIMS in Bhopal and the exact reason for the death will be known once the report arrives, he said.

    The deceased man’s father Man Singh said that AIIMS doctors have informed that the report will be submitted in eight days to the concerned police station in the area.

  • Govt’s AEFI panel confirms first death after COVID-19 vaccination in India

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: A 68-year-old man died due to anaphylaxis after he was administered a coronavirus vaccine said the government panel that was studying vaccine side-effects (AEFI).

    The AEFI committee’s report stated that the 68-year-old died on March 8, 2021, due to anaphylaxis after being vaccinated.

    In the other two anaphylaxis cases, the people, who were given vaccines on January 19 and 16, recovered after being admitted to a hospital.

    The results of the causality assessment of 31 cases were approved by the National AEFI Committee on February 5 (five cases), March 9 (eight cases) and March 31, 2021 (18 cases) after thorough review and deliberations.

    According to the report, “Of the 31 causally assessed cases, 18 were classified as having an inconsistent causal association to vaccination (coincidental – not linked to vaccination), 7 were classified as indeterminate, 3 cases were found to be vaccine product related, 1 was anxiety-related reaction and 2 cases were found to be unclassifiable.”

    “Unclassifiable events are events which have been investigated but there is not enough evidence for assigning a diagnosis due to missing crucial information. When this relevant information becomes available, the case may be reconsidered for causality assessment,” the AEFI committee report said.

    The AEFI report also stated that vaccine product-related reactions are expected reactions that can be attributed to vaccination based on current scientific evidence. Examples of such reactions are allergic reactions and anaphylaxis, etc. 

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  • Uttar Pradesh: Woman dies after taking COVID vaccine, kin create fuss at Ballia government hospital

    By PTI
    BALLIA (UTTAR PRADESH): Family members of a woman created a ruckus at a government hospital here as she died after being administered an injection by a doctor, according to police. Pushpa (45) of Bahadurpur village was taken to a Garhwar hospital following pain in her chest and a doctor administered an injection while referring her to the district hospital.

    Citing the family members, police said froth came out of the woman’s mouth and nostrils after she was given the injection. Her family members created a ruckus in the hospital following her death. They were placated by police and the body was sent for a post-mortem.

  • Chhattisgarh man dies after COVID-19 vaccination, probe begins

    By PTI
    MAHASAMUND: A 62-year-old man died in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district on Friday after he took the COVID-19 vaccination a day earlier, officials said.

    Vibhisan Banjare, a resident of Savitripur, was administered COVID-19 vaccine at the local government health and wellness centre on Thursday evening and died this morning, said Dr NK Mandape, Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) of Mahasamund.

    “He was kept under observation for 30 minutes before he was allowed to go home after the vaccination. As per his family, Banjare complained of pain in his shoulder where he got the vaccination injection and was also sweating profusely. He was declared dead in a hospital in Basna,” the official said.

    Mandape said a team had been constituted to probe the case under District Immunisation Officer Dr Arvind Gupta.

    Gupta said other members of Banjare’s family were also vaccinated and they are in normal condition.

    It was not immediately known whether Banjare was suffering from any kind of illness, he added.

  • Maharashtra man dies after getting second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

    By PTI
    THANE: A 45-year-old man died shortly after he was administered the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in a hospital in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Tuesday, officials said.

    Sukhdeo Kirdit, employed as the driver of a local doctor, took the shot around 11 AM.

    He complained of giddiness after some time while he was seated in the waiting hall at the civic-run inoculation centre, they said.

    “He was rushed to IGM Hospital nearby where doctors declared him dead on arrival,” an official said.

    Bhiwandi Nizampura Municipal Corporation Health Officer Dr KR Kharat said the cause of Kirdit’s death would be known after the postmortem report comes in, adding that Kirdit’s medical history, records etc.were being checked.

    Kirdit’s family said he was a healthy person who had left home in the morning to take the second dose of the vaccine.

  • Sanitation worker dies hours after getting COVID-19 vaccine in Gujarat’s Vadodara

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: A 30-year-old sanitation worker died around two hours after being administered a coronavirus vaccine in Gujarat’s Vadodara on Sunday, following which authorities ordered a postmortem to ascertain the exact cause of his death, officials said.

    While the family members of the deceased said they suspect that the COVID-19 vaccine was the reason behind his sudden death, officials said he might have died due to a heart attack as he had a history of heart disease since 2016 and was not taking medicines.

    Jignesh Solanki was a sanitation worker at the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). He was vaccinated on Sunday morning. However, hours later, he fainted at home and was rushed to the SSG Hospital in the city, where he was declared brought dead by doctors, the officials said.

    Solanki’s wife Divya said, “I had no idea that he was going to be vaccinated. We had not discussed about it. After getting vaccinated, he returned home, but fainted while playing with our daughter. We suspect that his sudden death was caused due to the vaccination.”

    Medical Superintendent of SSG Hospital Dr Ranjan Aiyer said Solanki was administered the COVID-19 vaccine at a booth set up by the civic body, following which he was monitored for half an hour. During that period, there were no signs of any adverse side effects.

    “He was declared brought dead at the SSG Hospital. We have learnt that Jignesh had suffered from chest pain and was admitted to a private hospital nearly one-and-a-half years back. It is possible that he died due to heart attack as he had a history of heart disease. We will conduct his panel postmortem to ascertain the exact cause of death,” Aiyer said.

    Aiyer said if a patient does not declare his medical history, and is on medicines, then he should not be vaccinated as per the general guidelines. “As far as Jignesh is concerned, he had stopped taking medicines despite having a history of heart disease. On the basis of his medical history, we shall be able to get a better picture,” he said.

    VMC’s medical officer of health Dr Devesh Patel said the postmortem report is awaited, which will ascertain the exact cause of Solanki’s death. “The patient had a history of heart disease since 2016. His heart was weak, but he was not taking medicines, as his relatives told us,” he said.

    Patel added that so far, more than 12,000 beneficiaries have been administered COVID-19 vaccine in Vadodara, but nobody has complained of any side effects.