Covid-19 vaccination didn’t improve the danger of sudden deaths, mentioned Union Well being Minister JP Nadda within the Parliament on Friday.
Talking within the Lok Sabha in the course of the ongoing Monsoon session, Nadda famous the position of underlying well being points, in addition to genetic hyperlinks behind the rising unexplained deaths within the nation.
“Covid-19 vaccination doesn’t seem to extend the danger, whereas the position of underlying well being points, genetic predisposition, and dangerous life-style selections does play a task in unexplained sudden deaths,” mentioned Nadda.
He cited the research undertaken by the ICMR and NCDC, in addition to the ICMR and AIIMS, to analyze the causes of sudden demise.
“The research noticed that Covid-19 vaccination didn’t improve the danger of unexplained sudden demise amongst younger adults in India. Previous Covid-19 hospitalisation, household historical past of sudden demise, and sure life-style behaviours elevated the probability of unexplained sudden demise,” Nadda mentioned.
“Early evaluation of knowledge from the AIIMS-led examine signifies that coronary heart assaults, or myocardial infarction (MI), proceed to be the main explanation for sudden demise on this age group. Importantly, no main adjustments within the sample of causes have been noticed when put next with earlier years earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic,” he added.
In the meantime, the federal government knowledgeable the Parliament that Covid claimed 164 lives between April and July within the latest summer season wave. In a written reply within the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Well being and Household Welfare Prataprao Jadhav shared particulars on Covid instances growing within the nation over the past three months.
“There was a slight improve in Covid 19 instances reported by States/UTs from the top of Could 2025, which declined considerably since mid-June,” Jadhav mentioned. “As of July 22, 164 deaths as a consequence of Covid-19 had been reported by states/UTs because the first of April; the bulk had comorbidities,” he added.
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