Hyderabad/Nirmal: Telangana state recorded its first death from among the recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday. The government has said the was not caused by the vaccine.
A 42-year-old healthcare worker from Nirmal district, a 108 ambulance driver, died less than 18 hours after receiving the vaccine.
According to the state health department, the deceased was vaccinated at the Kuntala Primary Health Centre in Nirmal district on January 19 at about 11.30 am. “At about 2.30 am on 20.1.2021, he is said to have developed chest pain and was brought dead to the District Hospital, Nirmal, around 5.30 am,” Director of Public Health Dr G. Srinivasa Rao said in a statement on the death.
“Preliminary findings,” he said, “suggest that the death seems to be unrelated to vaccination.”
According to the Nirmal district medical and health officer Dr Dhanraj, the man died of cardiac arrest and the death was not related to Covid-19 vaccination. He said details on the…