India's First: Govt AEFI Panel Confirms Death Of Person After Covid Vaccine Dose

The AEFI committee report revealed that a 68-year-old man died of anaphylaxis after taking the vaccine jab on March 8, 2021.

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New Delhi: A government panel studying the various side effects of the coronavirus vaccine confirmed the death of an individual after he got a jab and suffered a severe allergic reaction to the vaccine. 

According to the AEFI committee report, a 68-year-old man died due to anaphylaxis on March 8, 2021. The report says that the elderly man had a severe post-vaccination allergy which led to his demise.

AEFI President Dr. N. K. Arora said that this is the first death we have seen after vaccination. After investigation, post-vaccination anaphylaxis has been found to be the cause of his death.

There were two other anaphylaxis cases, they were given vaccines on January 16th and 19th. However, they recovered after being admitted to a hospital.

After thorough review and deliberations, the results of the causality assessment of 31 cases were approved by the National AEFI Committee on February 5 (five cases), March 9 (eight cases), and March 31, 2021 (18 cases).

According to the report, "Of the 31 causally assessed cases, 18 were classified as having an inconsistent causal association to vaccination (coincidental - not linked to vaccination), 7 were classified as indeterminate, 3 cases were found to be vaccine product related, 1 was anxiety-related reaction and 2 cases were found to be unclassifiable."

"Unclassifiable events are events which have been investigated but there is not enough evidence for assigning a diagnosis due to missing crucial information. When this relevant information becomes available, the case may be reconsidered for causality assessment," the AEFI committee report said according to ANI. 

Further in the report, it was also stated that vaccine product-related reactions are expected reactions that can be attributed to vaccination based on current scientific evidence. Examples of such reactions are allergic reactions and anaphylaxis, etc.