thevaccinereaction--2020-07-13--Infant Boy in India Dies Hours After Getting Oral Polio Vaccine

A seven-month-old infant boy died on July 7 , 2020 within hours of receiving the live attenuated oral polio vaccine ( OPV ) in Palghar , India .
The baby was given one dose of the OPV drops in the evening and was found dead the following morning by his parents.1 2 3 According to a news report , government welfare tribal committee chairman Vivek Pandit wondered , “ How the healthy child died after vaccination ?
” 1 Local authorities registered the case as an accidental death and the infant ’ s body was sent for an autopsy to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2019 , two-month-old Priyanka Biswal died a day after receiving OPV and the pentavalent ( diphtheria , pertussis , tetanus , hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type B ) vaccine at a community health center ( CHC ) in Naranapur , India.4 A report by the Orissa Post noted , “ after intake of the polio drops , the child ’ s condition deteriorated on the way back home.
” She developed a fever and was taken to the CHC where she was declared dead.4 In June 2018 , a two-month-old baby @ @ @ @ @ @ @ OPV and pentavalent vaccines at community health centers in Chinhat and Indasai , India.5 India ’ s national vaccination schedule requires the OPV and pentavalent vaccines be given to infants at six weeks , 10 weeks and 14 weeks—a total of 18 vaccines over the two-month period.6 7