Only 1 recipient reports side effects on Day-2 of Covid vaccination

Nagpur: Only one health care worker, from District Women’s Hospital at Amravati, was required to be hospitalized on Day-2 after Covid-19 vaccination. Eight of the nine health care workers admitted on Sunday were discharged on Monday.
Deputy director of health services, Amravati division, Dr Rajkumar Chavan told TOI, “The one health care worker who was hospitalized on Monday complained of high fever and rashes.The health care worker is undergoing treatment and stable. There is nothing to worry as all these are minor side effects of vaccination.”
Dr Chavan added, “Seven of the eight health care workers admitted in the division on Sunday were discharged. Only one doctor is still admitted in GMC, Akola, and likely to be discharged on Tuesday.”
Dr Chavan also said, “No more cases of Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) were registered in five districts of the division on Monday.”
Deputy director of health services, Nagpur division, Dr Sanjay Jaiswal said, “One doctor who was admitted at Hingna was discharged on Monday. It was the only case of hospitalization in six districts of the division.”
Dr Jaiswal also said no more cases of minor AEFI were recorded on Monday.
Thus, only 10 hospitalization cases were registered in 11 districts of Vidarbha in two days of vaccination.
Minor AEFI cases — mild fever, body pain, vomiting etc- were recorded in 195 persons in Vidarbha on Sunday, 165 in Nagpur division and remaining 30 in Amravati division. All were reportedly well on Monday.
There have been total 205 cases of AEFI, which mean only 5.28% of 3,881 health care workers who took the jab on Day-1 of vaccination on Saturday in the region.
Infectious diseases specialist Dr Nitin Shinde said, “Minor side effects like body pain, arm pain, headache are signs of immune response and they are observed with many vaccines. Most of these effects resolve within a day or two. So there is no need to worry. Serious allergic reaction is rare but cannot be ruled out. Therefore, all beneficiaries are being observed for 30 minutes after vaccination. It can be extended up to one hour.”
AEFI Nodal Officer has been appointed at all 56 centres in the region. They will contact and monitor all beneficiaries of Day-1 for more four days. A team of experts was also formed for dealing with AEFI cases.
On Saturday, none of 3,881 beneficiaries complained of any health issues within 30 minutes of vaccination in observation rooms at vaccination centres.