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Govt panel confirms first death in India after Covid-19 vaccination

68-year-old man was administered Covishield on Mar 8

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Sohini DasRuchika Chitravanshi Mumbai/New Delhi
India confirmed the first death related to Covid-19 vaccination in the report on causality assessment of adverse events following immunisation (AEFI).
 
The death of a 68-year old man who received a Covishield shot on March 8 and died due to anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction) was classified as ‘vaccine product-related reaction’ by the National AEFI Committee.
 
In a report released on June 4, the health ministry said of the 31 causally assessed cases, 18 were classified as having inconsistent causal association to vaccination (coincidental — not linked to vaccination), seven were classified as indeterminate, three cases were found to

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