Actor Vivek's death coincidental, not related to COVID vaccine shot: AEFI
Friday, 22 October 2021 (17:20 IST)
Chennai: The National Committee on Serious Adverse Events following Immunisation (AEFI) has revealed that the death of popular Tamil film actor Vivek was 'coincidental' and was not related to the administering of the COVID vaccine shot.
Vivek died on April 17 two days after he took his COVID-19 vaccine, which led to fears and vaccine hesitancy among the people.
In a report dated September 14, 2021, the AEFI said that Vivek’s death was coincidental and not related to the Covaxin shot that he had taken on April 15.
The committee said the medical reason for the actor's death was due to ‘Acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock with ventricular fibrillation in a known case of hypertension.’
The actor had suffered a cardiac arrest due to an underlying condition of hypertension.
The AEFI committee has categorised actor Vivek’s death as ‘C,’ which refers to: Coincidental -- Underlying or emerging condition(s), or conditions caused by exposure to something other than vaccine. (UNI)
