Updated Jan 22, 2021 | 19:35 IST
A Haryana government official claimed that there was no evidence yet to prove that her death was linked to the vaccination. Representational Image. | Photo Credit: AP
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India had launched the first phase of the world’s biggest inoculation drive on January 16 to provide vaccination to more than three crore healthcare workers and frontline Covid-19 warriors
Earlier, the states of Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana have reported multiple deaths of healthcare workers after they were administered the Covid-19 vaccines
Gurugram: After similar cases in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana, another health worker has died after taking the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine, this time in Haryana’s Gurugram.
Updated Jan 20, 2021 | 18:11 IST
Preliminary findings suggest that the death seems to be unrelated to vaccination, Dr G Srinivas Rao, director of Public Health and Family Welfare, said. Representational image
Hyderabad: Amid the hesitancy to take COVID-19 vaccine, a healthcare worker in the state of Telangana has died after receiving the shot. Officials said the healthcare worker died on Wednesday after complaining of chest pain.
A preliminary investigation into the cause of the death has ruled out any link to COVID-19 vaccination.
According to the director of Public Health and Family Welfare, Dr G Srinivas Rao, the healthcare worker had received the jab on Tuesday at around 11.30 am at Kuntala Primary Health Centre.
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