A 56-year-old healthcare worker, who was administered the coronavirus vaccine, was found dead in her Gurugram residence on Friday, reported The Indian Express. Health department officials have, however, denied any links between the death and the vaccine.
Officials said that the woman, Rajwanti, was administered the Covishield vaccine on January 16 and had not reported any Adverse Effect Following Immunisation, or AEFI, till date. She was working at the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Bhangrola.
“Her postmortem has been completed and no definite cause of death has been found,” Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer of Gurugram, said. “Her viscera has been sent for histopath and chemical examination.”
Yadav said that the preliminary report of the AEFI committee could not connect Rajwanti’s death directly to the vaccine. “The probable cause of death is sudden cardiac arrest,” he said. “However, final causes of death will be available after the viscera and FSL…