Investigations look for ‘deaths and adverse effects’ after COVID-19 vaccination

A group of experts in public health, ethics, medicine, law and journalism has written a letter to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Drugs Controller General of India VG Somani, calling for a “time-bound and transparent investigation after deaths and serious adverse conditions after COVID” “Has been appealed. -19 Vaccination.

“We understand that there have been at least 65 deaths since vaccination for COVID-19 since the vaccination campaign started on 16 January. However, only two of these deaths have been made public in an investigation by the National AEFI (Adverse Event After Immunization) Committee. We believe that all of these deaths and adverse events should be reviewed together for a possible causal relationship with the vaccine, due to the potential exposure to vaccination and blood clotting, ”the letter reads.

Experts say that even though the Indian Health Administration has been indifferent to the side effects of the vaccination, many countries around the world such as Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Italy, France, Bulgaria, Germany, Luxembourg, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ireland have sent Astra. Janeka has stopped vaccinating with the vaccine, pending investigation of a small number of vaccination deaths from intravascular clotting / thromboembolic events. Austria has also suspended the use of some batches.

Signatories to the letter include Amar Jessani, editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics; Veena Johri, lawyer; Anand Grover, senior advocate and former UN special relations on health rights; Brinell D’Souza, Co-convenor, Public Health Campaign; Imrana Qadir, former Professor, Social Medicine and Community Health Center, JNU; Sylvia Karpagam, Public Health Physician and Researcher.

They have called for a transparent investigation into each of the adverse events and details of all the serious AEFIs so far, their status of investigation, clinical diagnosis, autopsy findings, work evaluation and procedures performed by AEFI. Findings of AEFI investigation including death from. Committees to arrive at their conclusions.

“The vaccine program should give people complete information on the vaccine, a vaccination protocol that minimizes the risk of harm, and assures a complete and transparent screening of injuries and deaths after vaccination. They also have outstanding medical care, And compensation for losses suffered post vaccination. The government has not fulfilled these obligations. “