The National Adverse Events Report after the Vaccination Committee says it was a coincidence.
NS Actor Viveki passes away, two days after being vaccinated against COVID-19 earlier this year, was not due to the vaccine, the National Adverse Events Immunization Committee has said.
The Committee’s report provided causal assessment results in respect of 92 serious adverse events.
death of conscienceThe report said that it was a coincidence that investigations revealed no apparent reason other than vaccination. He said he had suffered “acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock with ventricular fibrillation in a known case of hypertension”.
The actor suffered a heart attack a day after he received his first dose of Covaxin at the Tamil Nadu Government’s Multi-Super-Specialty Hospital in Chennai’s Omandurar Government Estate. He was brought to Sims Hospital in Vadapalani in an unconscious condition. He was transferred to the catheterization laboratory. An emergency coronary angiography indicated 100% block in the left anterior descending artery. He underwent angioplasty and was put on ECMO support.
“Incident events are events that are reported after vaccination, but investigations find obvious causes other than vaccination,” the committee said.
The committee emphasized that “the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the small risk of harm”. “As a measure of utmost caution, all emerging signs of damage are being continuously tracked and reviewed from time to time.”
Talking to the media, Health Minister Mr. Subramaniam said there was a drop in the vaccination campaign due to the controversy over the actor’s death. “It is important to take the truth to the people. The state government had confirmed that his death was not due to vaccination.”
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