According to government data, adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) is one of the lowest in the world in the past five days. “No case of serious or severe AEFI is attributable to vaccination to date,” said Manohar Agnani, additional secretary, health ministry.
Till data, 600 adverse events following immunisation have been reported from across the country and on Wednesday 82 cases were reported.
Among the 10 people hospitalized in six states due to adverse event following Covid immunisation, seven of them have been discharged.
Delhi has reported four hospitalisations, of which one healthcare worker is under observation at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital in Shahdara.
Karnataka has reported two cases, and one is still under observation at the district hospital in Chitradurga. Uttarakhand, Chattissgarh, Rajasthan and West Bengal have all reported one hospitalisation each related to AEFI.
While three from other states have been discharged, the case reported from West Bengal is still under observation at Sub-Divisional Hospital, Jangipura, Murshidabad.
The country has vaccinated close to 800,000 (7,868,42) healthcare workers against Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) through 14,119 sessions till Wednesday, government data shows, of which 112,007 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6pm on Wednesday.
Two more deaths were reported of healthcare workers who were vaccinated, taking the total number of deaths to four since the launch of Covid-19 vaccination drive in India, according to the government data.
The two new deaths were reported from Shivamoga in Karnataka. Telangana recorded its first death on Wednesday. The government, however, has said that the death was not caused by the vaccine. A 42-year-old healthcare worker, a 108 ambulance driver from Nirmal district, died less than 18 hours after receiving the vaccine. He was vaccinated on January 19 at about 11:30 am. At about 2: 30 am on January 20, he is said to have developed chest pain and was brought dead to the District Hospital, Nirmal.
However, three of the four deaths have been found to be not related to Covid-19 vaccination, said Agnani.
