By Bushra Baseerat HYDERABAD: The state health department has recorded an alarming 13 deaths in the 0-5 age group in the first five months of 2011, the highest in the corresponding period in last three years. The deaths were reported within 24 hours of the children being vaccinated, mostly after an oral polio vaccine was […]
Vaccine deaths on the rise in last three years
New Delhi – Draft policy blames deficient surveillance of authorities. The number of children who have died after being administered vaccine shots has jumped suddenly in the last three years, according to Central government records. However, none of the deaths have been attributed to vaccines directly. Even though the number of deaths was quite low […]
