Lucknow:
A 46-year-old government hospital employee in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad died on Sunday evening, 24 hours following getting a Covid vaccine shot. The district’s Chief Medical Officer has stated the death is unrelated to vaccination.
Ward Boy Mahipal Singh died following complaining of chest congestion and breathlessness. According to his loved ones, he had been unwell ahead of the jab.
“He was vaccinated on Saturday around noon. On Sunday he felt breathless and complained of chest congestion. We are inquiring into the reasons of the death. We will get a post mortem done. It does not seem to be a reaction to vaccination. He did night duty on Saturday too and there were no problems,” MC Garg, Moradabad’s chief health-related officer, told reporters late final evening.
UP government sources stated the post mortem report revealed the instant bring about of death as “cardiogenic shock/septicemic shock” due to “cardio-pulmonary disease”.
The man’s son told the media he may perhaps have been unwell ahead of the vaccination, but that he felt worse following getting the shot. “My father left the vaccination centre around 1.30 pm, I brought him home. He was feeling breathless and he was coughing. He had a bit of pneumonia, the usual cough and cold, but he started feeling worse after returning home,” Mahipal Singh’s son Vishal told the media.
In a press release, the UP govt stated it vaccinated 22,643 individuals on Saturday, day 1 of India’s Covid Vaccination drive. The next day of vaccination in Uttar Pradesh is Friday, January 22.