Coronavirus | Vaccinated health care worker dies in Telangana
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January 31, 2021 22:37 IST
Death indicative of underlying morbidities and not due to COVID-19 vaccination, says Director of Public Health.
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Telangana s Director of Public Health, Dr. G. Srinivasa Rao. File
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Death indicative of underlying morbidities and not due to COVID-19 vaccination, says Director of Public Health.
A 55-year-old female Healthcare Worker (HCW), who received COVID-19 vaccine in Macherial on January 19, has died on Saturday night after complaining of shortness of breath, giddiness. The State’s Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao said that ‘the cause of death is clearly indicative of underlying morbidities and not due to COVID vaccination’.
3,09,276 children administered polio drops in Madurai
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Chief Minister inaugurated a vaccination booth at the airport
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Madurai district achieved around 98% of the target set for polio vaccination on Sunday. | Photo Credit: G Moorthy
Chief Minister inaugurated a vaccination booth at the airport
Polio drops were administered to 3,09,276 children within five years of age in Madurai district on Sunday. The district achieved around 98% of the target set for polio vaccination.
The vaccine was administered at 1,795 booths set up in government hospitals, Primary Health Centres, anganwadis and other public places. Apart from static booths, mobile teams were also deployed. Health department officials said that a total of 685 migrant children were administered polio vaccination in the district.
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The reason for her death is currently unknown, said the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, Telangana. Telangana woman dies 5 days after vaccination, reasons unknown: State health dept. | Photo Credit: AP
A 45-year-old female healthcare worker in Telangana died in the early hours of Sunday, five days after undergoing COVID-19 vaccination at Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC), New Shayampet area of Warangal Urban District.
However, the reason for her death is currently unknown, said the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, Telangana.
According to a statement, one female healthcare worker, 45, was vaccinated at about 12 noon on January 19 in UPHC.
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Days after being vaccinated for COVID-19, Bokka Vijayalakshmi, a 42-year-old Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) from Undavalli in Andhra Pradesh, died at the Government General Hospital (GGH) on Sunday. In Telangana, a 45-year-old female healthcare worker died, four days after receiving a vaccine.
Vijayalakshmi, along with other doctors and staff members, got the vaccine from the first vial at the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Tadepalli. Doctors said the woman might have died due to Thrombogenic Ischemic Demyelination, a brain stroke.
Ischemic Demyelination is a condition listed among those falling under Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI), but an investigation was being carried out by the State AEFI Committee.