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India confirms 1st death with COVID vaccine

Harshit

15 Jun 2021 22:28 IST

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A panel of Indian government who is studying COVID-19 vaccine side effect has confirmed the first death in the nation citing the vaccination.

The assessment of 31 reported Serious Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) cases after COVID vaccination was carried out by the central panel.

“It is the first death linked to Covid-19 vaccination due to anaphylaxis. It re-emphasizes the need to wait for 30 minutes at the inoculation center after receiving the jab. Most of the anaphylactic reactions occur during this period and prompt treatment prevents deaths,” Dr. NK Arora, chairperson of, National AEFI committee, told PTI.

The central commitee exminated five such cases that took place on February 5, eight in the month of March.

According to a report of Indian Express out of 31 causally assessed cases, 18 were classified as having 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 two cases were found to be unclassifiable

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