SHIVMOGA: Just two days after he was vaccinated for Covid-19, a doctor died at a private hospital in Karnataka’s Shivamogga on Wednesday. The government, however, said the death of the 58-year-old doctor was due to cardiac issues and unrelated to the vaccination. Dr Jayaprakash TA was working as a senior resident in the department of orthopedics at Subbaiah Medical College Hospital. He had taken Covishield vaccine along with his colleagues on Monday.
District health officer Dr Rajesh Suragihalli said the doctor was hospitalised after he developed chest pain on Wednesday morning. “He died due to cardiac problems,” Suragihalli told TOI.
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday said it has reports of the importation of fake COVID-19 vaccines into Nigeria.
Addressing a virtual press conference, the Director General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye pleaded with Nigerians to avoid the fake vaccines, saying, “they can cause Covid-like illnesses or other serious diseases that could kill.”
She said the agency had not received any application from Covid vaccine manufacturers yet and therefore no vaccines had been approved by NAFDAC.
“Covid-19 vaccines are new, and the side effects or adverse effects must be well monitored, therefore, if NAFDAC does not approve, the public should not use,” the NAFDAC boss said.
COVID-19: Bharat Biotech to pay compensation for any side effect of Covaxin, details here
Bharat Biotech, has received a government purchase order for the supply of 55 lakh doses of Covaxin. A moment of pride and accomplishment as the first consignment of COVAXIN is dispatched from Bharat Biotech today at 1:00 AM, IST (Image Source: Twitter/@BharatBiotech)
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Updated: Jan 16, 2021, 06:40 PM IST
Bharat Biotech, the manufacturer of COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin has said that the company will pay compensation to recipients in case of any serious adverse effects experienced after receiving the antidote. Bharat Biotech, has received a government purchase order for the supply of 55 lakh doses of Covaxin.
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Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the agency has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines.