Covid-19 vaccination: Karnataka reports 463 adverse events

Bengaluru: As many as 463 adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) was reported in 29 districts of the state.

According to the health department majority of these AEFIs are minor in nature and only a few of these patients were hospitalized.

Karnataka has reported two deaths of people who have been vaccinated, one in Ballari and another in Shivamogga, the government has said the individuals in both cases died due to myocardial infarction and that their death is not vaccine-related.

A person who was administered the Covishield vaccine two days earlier died on Wednesday, January 20 to Myocardial Infarction.

The Health Department, however, maintained that the death was not related to the vaccine. The deceased is Dr Jayaprakash (59), a well-known orthopedic surgeon and owner of J P Hospital in Shivamogga.