Reports of ward boy dying after vaccination are fake: Centre claims

Updated : Jan 18, 2021 20:51
|
Editorji News Desk

After it was reported by various media outlets that a 46-year-old health worker had allegedly died a day after receiving the coronavirus vaccination, the Health Ministry said on Monday that the news was "fake". Quoting his family members it was reported that Mahipal Singh, a ward boy in the surgical ward of the state-run Deendayal Upadhya hospital in Moradabad, died on Sunday night after getting vaccinated on Saturday. PTI said a high-level inquiry was being ordered, according to the Moradabad District Magistrate Rakesh Singh. Chief Medical Officer Dr Milind Chandra Garg told PTI that the cause of death was a cardiac problem. 
 

Recommended For You

editorji | India

J&K: Shutdown in Katra against ropeway project enters third day

editorji | India

Manmohan Singh: Former Indian PM to be cremated on December 28

editorji | India

Rain lashes Delhi, 'orange' warning issued

editorji | India

CCPA fines several coaching institutes for misleading UPSC exam claims

editorji | India

PM Modi, Sonia among top leaders to pay homage to Manmohan Singh at his residence