Hyderabad health worker dies hours after COVID vaccination

  • | Wednesday | 20th January, 2021

The question if COVID vaccines are safe or not has once again come up in Hyderabad. The 42-year-old healthcare worker was administered a coronavirus vaccine at about 11.30 am on January 19 in Kuntala PHC, Nirmal District. He was brought dead to the District Hospital at 5.30 am on January 20.

The question if COVID vaccines are safe or not has once again come up in Hyderabad. The 42-year-old healthcare worker was administered a coronavirus vaccine at about 11.30 am on January 19 in Kuntala PHC, Nirmal District. He was brought dead to the District Hospital at 5.30 am on January 20.

He is said to have developed chest pain at around 2.30 am on January 20.

Preliminary findings suggest that the death seems to be unrelated to vaccination.

As per the guidelines postmortem will be conducted by a team of doctors.

The district AEFI (Adverse event following immunization) committee is examining the matter and will submit its report to the state AEFI committee. The state AEFI committee will in turn furnish its report to the central AEFI committee for review.


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