A 42-year-old healthcare worker in Telangana died on Wednesday, a day after he received a shot of the coronavirus vaccine, reported PTI. While the autopsy is yet to be conducted, the state health authorities said the death was not related to the vaccination process.
Telangana’s Director of Public Health and Welfare said the worker was vaccinated on January 19 at Kuntala Primary Healthcare Centre in Nirmal district. A day later, he developed chest pain and was brought dead to a district hospital at around 5.30 am.
“Preliminary findings suggest that the dead seems to be unrelated to the vaccination,” a statement issued by the state health department stated. “As per the guidelines, postmortem will be conducted by a team of doctors.”
The district adverse events after immunisation, or AEFI committee, was examining the matter, and it would submit its report to the state AEFI committee, the statement said. The state-level would then, in turn, furnish a report to the…