Nine cases of severe side effects linked to vaccines in recent AEFI report

The Union Health Ministry’s recent analysis of serious adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) of 22 cases show that nine cases had causal link or association to vaccination. The results of the causality assessment for 22 cases completed on October 18, 2021 after review by the National AEFI Committee showed that nine cases had causal link to vaccination. Of these nine cases, five were vaccine product-related reactions, and four were immunisation anxiety-related reactions. The report said that 12 cases have inconsistent causal association to vaccination (coincidental — not linked to vaccination), including five death cases. There was one death in the indeterminate category.