HEALTH WORKER DIES AFTER JAB, DEATH NOT DUE TO IT: OFFICIAL A42-

year-old healthcare worker in Nirmal district of Telangana, who received Covid-19 vaccination, died early on Wednesday af ter complaining of chest pain, with preliminar y findings suggesting the death is unrelated to the vaccination, a health official said. The worker was vaccinated at 11.30 am on Tuesday at a Primar y Health Centre (PHC) in the district and he is said to have developed chest pain at around 2.30 AM on Wednesday. He was brought dead to the district hospital at 5.30 am, state Director of Public Health G Srinivasa Rao said in a press release. "Preliminar y findings suggest that the death seems to be unrelated to vaccination," it said. As per the guidelines, post-mortem would be conducted by a team of doctors. The district AEFI (adverse events af ter immunisation) committee is examining the matter and it would submit its report to the state AEFI committee, the release said.