447 adverse jab events, mostly minor

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447 adverse jab events, mostly minor

Monday, 18 January 2021 | Archana Jyoti | New Delhi

447 adverse jab events, mostly minor

Of 3 needing post-vaccination care, 2 released, 1 stable in hospital; on 2nd day of drive, 17,072 vaccinated against Covid, total rises to 2.24L; side effects like fever, headache minor, says Govt

A total of 2.24 lakh people received Covid-19 vaccine in the first two days of the countrywide vaccination drive that saw 447 cases of adverse events following immunisation (AEFI), the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.

The Government also pointed out that the number of inoculations on day one in India on Saturday was the highest in the world, higher than the developed countries like the US, the UK and France.

“A total of 447 AEFI have been reported on January 16 and 17, out of which only three required hospitalisation. Most of the AEFI reported so far are minor like fever, headache, nausea,” the Ministry’s Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani said while addressing a Press briefing here.

“One of the hospitalised beneficiaries is under observation at AIIMS Rishikesh and is stable. Two others have been discharged from Delhi’s Northern Railway hospital and AIIMS Delhi,” he said. Agnani said a total of 2,24,301 beneficiaries have been vaccinated till January 17 as per provisional reports, adding that 2,07,229 of them received the jabs on day one of the drive.

Though the official did not share the State-wise distribution of the AEFI cases, according to various reports on Saturday evening AEFI were reported in Delhi (52), Maharashtra (22), West Bengal (14), Rajasthan (21), and Telangana (11). Some reports also said 13 cases were from Haryana.

The adverse reactions which are being closely tracked through the Government’s surveillance framework, are defined by the WHO as “any untoward medical occurrence which follows immunisation and which doesn’t necessarily have a causal relationship with the usage of the vaccine. The adverse event may be any unfavourable or unintended sign, abnormal laboratory finding, symptom or disease”.

Agnani said today being Sunday, only six States conducted vaccination drives and in 553 sessions a total of 17,072 beneficiaries were vaccinated. The six States were Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur and Tamil Nadu.

He said a meeting was held with all States and Union Territories on Sunday to review the progress of the drive, identify bottlenecks and plan corrective actions in the backdrop of technical glitches reported from some session sites like the failure of CO-WIN platform to function.

The Government said the shots will be offered first to an estimated one crore healthcare workers and around two crore frontline workers, and then to persons above 50 years of age, followed by persons younger than 50 years of age with associated comorbidities.

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