A woman public health worker, who had taken Covid vaccine on January 19, died at a government-run hospital in Guntur in the early hours of Sunday while undergoing treatment for alleged reactions.
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Family members, ASHA and CITU workers stage dharna at Government Hospital
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Tension mounted at the GGH with hundreds of ASHA workers, CITU members and activists staging a sit-in in front of the hospital, alleging the ASHA worker’s death was due to the advers effect of the vaccine. | Photo Credit:
VIJAYA KUMAR T.
Family members, ASHA and CITU workers stage dharna at Government Hospital A frontline ASHA worker, B. Vijaya Lakshmi, 42, who took vaccination against COVID-19 on January 19, has reportedly died with fever and other symptoms at the Government General Hospital (GGH) in Guntur on January 24.
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