No direct link between vaccination and AEFI deaths, says task force member

There isn’t any direct causal relation established between deaths and COVID vaccination with adversarial occasions reported being effectively inside the anticipated numbers, stated the knowledgeable group investigating the adversarial occasions following immunisation (AEFI).

The nationwide committee taking a look at AEFI examined 412 circumstances of extreme adversarial occasions together with 79 deaths (recorded till March 13) and discovered “that deaths happened in cases where the person had underlying conditions including heart problems, high blood pressure, diabetes,” N.K. Arora, member, National Task Force on COVID advised The Puucho.

He added that of the deaths that occurred, the trigger included coronary heart assaults/ mind strokes in 50% of the circumstances and this was additionally seen in 20% of hospitalised circumstances.

“With the expansion of the vaccination cover the numbers of these adverse events is expected to get diluted. The age group that was first vaccinated included 45 years and above with co-morbidities and those over 60. This is an under stress group (medically) so the numbers of adverse events that we are seeing is anticipated,” Mr. Arora stated.

“Some persons, who were hospitalised, also displayed symptoms including allergies and anaphylaxis (difficulty in breathing, rash on body and drop in blood pressure). These were managed at the hospital,” he added.

Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan earlier this week famous that the 45 plus age group has registered over 88% deaths attributable to COVID with a case fatality fee for this age group being 2.85%. India started its COVID immunization drive on January 16 which has now been prolonged to all who’re 45 years and above from April 1.

India reviews highest COVID-19 circumstances since Oct 18

Meanwhile India on Friday reported 59,118 new each day COVID circumstances within the final 24 hours, the very best since October 18 when 61,871 infections had been recorded, as per information launched by the Health Ministry.

The complete energetic case load stands at 4.21 lakh at the moment. This is after touching a low of 1.36 lakh this mid-February having come down from a excessive of 10,17,754 circumstances in mid-September final yr as per Ministry information.

Currently three States, Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab collectively account for 73.64% of the full energetic circumstances within the nation, whereas the nation’s cumulative recoveries stands at 1,12,64,637 with 32,987 recoveries registered within the final 24 hours.

India has additionally reported 257 deaths within the final 24 hours. Again six States account for 78.6% of those deaths. Maharashtra reported 111 casualties adopted by Punjab with 43 each day deaths.

The variety of States with none deaths within the final 24 hours has come dropped to 14 from 18, together with Rajasthan, J&K (UT), Jharkhand, Odisha, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

According to the Health Ministry information, Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat proceed to report a surge in each day new circumstances. Maharashtra continued to report the very best each day new circumstances at 35,952, adopted by Punjab with 2,661 whereas Karnataka reported 2,523 new circumstances.