Updated Jan 25, 2021 | 12:33 IST
While one death was recorded from Warangal in Telangana, the other was from Guntur in Andhra, taking the toll to three. No vaccine linked to healthcare staff death in Telangana and Andhra: Officials | Photo Credit: AP
Hyderabad: Two healthcare staff died yesterday in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh days after they were provided the Covishield vaccine.
While one death was recorded from Warangal in Telangana, the other was from Guntur in Andhra, taking the toll to three since the vaccination drive began earlier this month in both the states. The deaths were not related to the vaccine and it was coincidental, according to authorities in both states.
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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.