A 70-year-old woman died hours after taking the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in Vaishali district of Bihar on Saturday, triggering panic in the village.
Health officials and police rushed to Birma Math village following a ruckus by the villagers over the death of Sanjharia Devi. Her body has been sent to AIIMS Patna for post-mortem.
Sanjharia Devi and three others who had taken the vaccine were feeling dizzy, Dinanath Mahto, a neighbour, told this paper.
“On Friday night, Sanjharia managed to eat just half a roti because of dizziness and went to sleep with her 10-year-old granddaughter. At 2.30am, the girl woke up to go to the toilet and started crying when she could not wake up her grandmother,” he added.
Vaishali civil surgeon Indra Deo Ranjan denied the vaccine had caused the death and said she was suffering from chronic hypertension and had previously suffered a paralysis attack.
