'No deaths due to COVID-19 vaccination': Health Ministry cites AEFI committee findings

Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that national-level verse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) committee in its first meeting h discussed eight AEFI cases and found that no deaths h occurred due to COVID-19 vaccination. first meeting of AEFI committee was held on February 5.

dressing a press conference in this regard, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, "A meeting of National AEFI Committee was held on February 5, 2021. y discussed eight AEFI cases. Causality assessment of 5 cases, 2 deaths and 3 hospitalized cases conducted. In hospitalised cases, all 3 recovered completely and discharged. Two cases were diagnosed as anaphylaxis and y classified as vaccine-product related reaction (known and expected reactions following vaccinations). One case was diagnosed as syncope and classified as immunisation triggered stress response (anxiety reaction). y found that no deaths were related to vaccination," Bhushan said.

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Speaking on assessment on cause of three death cases which have been deferred, Bhushan said, "Histopathology and chemical analysis report called for and state government will give m report after which and y will make a decision."

So far 63,10,194 beneficiaries including healthcare and frontline workers have been vaccinated with first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of now, Bhushan said.

"ministration of second dose of vaccine will begin on February 13. We cannot indefinitely keep on scheduling and rescheduling healthcare workers. States/UTs have been vised that all healthcare workers must be scheduled at least once for vaccination by Feb 20. Timelines are communicated to states," he ded.

Bhushan stated that over 97 per cent of 7.75 lakh people surveyed after receiving anti-coronavirus vaccine shots have expressed satisfaction with immunisation process

government is taking feedback from those vaccinated since January 17 through its mobile app CoWIN and has got responses from 7.75 lakh people, Bhushan said.

He said 98.37 per cent confirmed that y were informed about process of vaccination and that it was given properly, 88.76 per cent said y were informed about verse event following immunisation and 97.19 per cent confirmed that y were asked to wait for 30 minutes for monitoring after being vaccinated. 

(with inputs from ANI)

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