180 deaths after COVID injection jabs, 75% happened within 3 days

The following report was written by Rema Nagarajan and was published by The Times of India on April 12, 2021.

This article summarizes a presentation made to India’s National Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) Committee last March 31, 2021. It showed that of the 180 deaths that occurred after immunization, 75% happened within three (3) days of the shot. The report also showed the same three-day window for other serious adverse events.

As the Indian Covishield is the same as AstraZeneca, health authorities also monitored for the conditions flagged by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) [learn more EMA confirms: AstraZeneca vaccine linked to rare blood clots]. As of the time of writing, 86 such events were recorded, with 18 resulting in death.

Editor’s Note: This report is important because it shows us that particularly for AstraZeneca, monitoring of adverse effects should go beyond 15 minutes after inoculation. Are vaccine recipients told to self-monitor for a few days? Are they given information on where to send reports of adverse reactions? Do vaccine recipients know what conditions they should be monitoring for?