1.48 lakh inoculated, 133 adverse events: Government

NEW DELHI: India reported 133 more adverse events following immunisation (AEFIs) as 25 states and union territories administered Covid vaccine jabs to 1.48 lakh healthcare workers on Monday.

The ministry of health and family welfare, however, said that there has not been a single serious or severe AEFI attributable to vaccination till date. As public immunisation drive against Covid-19 entered its Day 3 on Monday, more AEFIs were reported.

So far, 580 AEFIs have been reported since the public immunisation drive began ion Saturday. These 580 AEFIs include seven hospitalisations – 3 in Delhi, one each in Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand and two cases in Karnataka. Two deaths have been reported following immunisation.


However, health ministry maintained on Monday that these were not related to immunisation. Additional secretary (health) Manohar Agnani said, “The post mortem in the first case (52-year-old male from Moradabad) has shown that it is not related to vaccination. In the second case (a 43-year-old male from Bellary) the post mortem is planned today.”

The actual numbers vaccinated, however, remained fairly low. On the first day 1.91 lakh persons were vaccinated. On Monday till 5 pm, 1,48,266 healthcare workers were vaccinated. The highest vaccinations were administered by Karnataka at 36,888, followed by Odisha 22,579, West Bengal 11,588 and Telangana 10,352.