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’.
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The 55-year-old woman from Mancherial district was given the vaccine dose at the primary health centre in Kasipet on January 19, but complained of shortness of breath and giddiness only on January 29, officials said on Sunday.
According to Director of Public Health Dr G Srinivas Rao, she was admitted to Medilife Hospital at Mancherial. She was shifted to Nizam s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIM) Hyderabad on January 30, where she succumbed at about 11 pm.
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