Tag: Vaccine death

  • Elderly man dies after shot of Covid vaccine in Bengal, family lodges complaint

    By PTI
    KOLKATA: A senior citizen in West Bengal’s Dhupguri area died allegedly after being administered the Covishield vaccine, prompting his family members to lodge a police complaint, an official said on Tuesday.

    Krishna Dutta (64), a businessman from Jalpaiguri district, died at a local hospital, where he was rushed to after he complained of breathlessness, he said.

    “Dutta was administered the vaccine on Monday. He was having breathing issues at night, and taken to hospital, where he was declared dead after a while,” the official said.

    The person was reportedly suffering from comorbidities, he added.

    Later, a complaint was lodged by his family members, alleging the death to be unnatural.

    Dutta’s body was sent to Jalpaiguri State General Hospital for autopsy, the official said, adding, investigation is underway.

    Meanwhile, a total of 1,60,435 people were inoculated across the state on Tuesday, a health department official said.

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    “Around 1,37,642 people received the first dose and 22,793 were given the second dose. Out of them, 54,782 were in the age group of 60 and above, while 19,234 were in the 45-59 age bracket,” he said.

    There was no adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) reported from anywhere in West Bengal, the official said.

    Till Tuesday, 18.43 lakh people were vaccinated.

    West Bengal registered one more COVID-19 death, pushing the toll to 10,281, a bulletin issued by the department said.

    The coronavirus tally mounted to 5,77,026 with 188 fresh cases, it said.

    The state now has 3,144 active cases, while 5,63,601 people have recovered from the disease thus far.

  • Manipur Anganwadi worker dies a week after taking COVID-19 vaccine

    By PTI
    IMPHAL: A 48-year-old Anganwadi worker in Manipur has died a week after receiving her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, officials said on Saturday.

    W Sundari Devi of Kumbi Terakha area in Bishunpur district had received her first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on February 12 at Kumbhi primary health centre (PHC), they said.

    She was taken to the Moirang community health centre (CHC) on February 18 as she had breathing problems and died at the CHC on Friday.

    Health Department officials said that a special team will conduct the post-mortem of the deceased to ascertain the true cause of the death.

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    Meanwhile, Chief Minister N Biren Singh met the family members of Sundari and heard their grievances.

    He expressed deep condolences and assured the family members of suitable compensation duly considering the post-mortem report.

    “Heard the grievances of family of Anganwandi Worker W Sundari of Kumbi Terakha, Bishnupur District and expressed my deep condolences.

    Assured suitable compensation duly considering post mortem reports and instructed for taking strong action against defaulting officials,” the chief minister tweeted.

    The Deputy Commissioner of Bishnupur, Neeta Arambam said that the family members of the deceased claimed that at the time of vaccination, Sundari had told the “vaccination team that she has allergy problem. However, the vaccination went ahead”.