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Indian actor turned ‘health ambassador’ dies of heart attack 2 days after COVID vaccine
August 9, 2021
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Vivekh, an Indian actor and health ambassador for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, died two days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine dose earlier this month.
The
well-known actor
and comedian was admitted to a local hospital on April 16 for cardiac arrest after being vaccinated with Covaxin, an Indian coronavirus vaccine, the day prior. The 59-year-old was brought to the hospital unconscious and underwent a coronary angiogram and angioplasty before his death the following morning,
GreatGameIndia
reported
.
The hospital said that Vivekh suffered acute coronary syndrome with cardiogenic shock and 100% blockage of a blood vessel.
The actor had taken his first dose of Covaxin on Thursday at a televised event with the health secretary of Tamil Nadu to encourage vaccination. Covaxin is still being tested in clinical trials and may result in “serious and unexpected side effects,” according to the
fact sheet
for the jab.
Vivekh had been designated health ambassador for the Tamil Nadu to help convince people in the region to take coronavirus vaccines and abide by government health guidelines.
Vivekh’s death is latest cardiac-related fatality after COVID-19 vaccination reported in India in recent weeks. Last month, an
analysis
of 79 Indians who died after a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine found that around half suffered strokes or heart attacks.
“Of those who have died more than 50% had heart attacks and brain strokes,” Dr. N. K. Arora, a member of the National Task Force on COVID-19,
said
. “Out of those who were hospitalized and who recovered about 20%, too, had heart attack and brain stroke.”
Similar
incidents
of post-vaccination deaths
have been reported
in the U.S., like that of a healthy, Florida obstetrician who
died of a rare blood disorder
three weeks after his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The Federal Drug Administration has since linked multiple coronavirus jabs to
serious blood
clotting issues
.
The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has been plagued by
reports
of
thousands of suspicious fatalities
. No COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use in the United States has been
proven to stop viral transmission
, and
virtually all
healthy people
who contract the virus survive, especially with certain
treatment regimens
.
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