hyderabad two health workers died on sunday in telangana and andhra pradesh days after they were administered the covishield vaccinewhile one death was reported from warangal in telangana the other was from guntur in ap taking the toll to three since the vaccination drive started earlier this month in both states but authorities in both states clarified that the deaths were not related to the vaccine and it was purely coincidental both had received the jab on january 19the warangal case involved a 45yearold woman healthcare worker from shayampet the warangal urban district adverse event following immunisation aefi committee is examining the matter and will submit its report to the state aefi committee and in turn they will report it to the central aefi committee said dr g srinivasa rao director of public health telangana in a statementher postmortem examination has been completed but we could not establish anything samples are being sent for further investigation to central forensic laboratory dr rao said adding that she not have any known comorbidities except psychological issues while in guntur it was a 42yearold accredited social health activist asha worker b vijaya lakshmi who died of brain stroke in the early hours of sunday four days after she received the vaccine officials in andhra pradesh denied that the mortality was due to vaccination in both cases family members have blamed the vaccine for the severe adverse reaction leading to the death of health workersearlier a 42yearold ambulance driver from telangana who was vaccinated on january 19 died after he complained of chest pain the next day while officials said the death seemed to be unrelated to vaccination a postmortem examination revealed heart failure as the reason the samples have been sent for further evaluation to national institute of virology niv punein the guntur incident the family of the victim protested outside the government general hospital ggh health workers too joined the agitation they alleged that the adverse reaction from the vaccine had caused the death vijaya lakshmi was working in penumaka village in tadepalli mandal and took the vaccine at tadepalli phcmy mother developed dizziness on thursday january 21 evening and later high fever and seizurelike symptoms by midnight she was admitted to the ggh guntur on friday after battling for life for two days she passed away in the early hours of sunday said the victims songgh guntur superintendent dr g prabhavati said that the patient had suffered a brain stem stroke and died of the same on sundayabout 11000 health care workers received the vaccine in the district but none had any adverse reaction other than this single case guntur collector samuel anand kumar saidbut protestors demanded rs 50 lakh compensation to the family a house site and a job to a family memberthe collector said that he would send the proposals to the state government we would take measures to provide compensation and employment for the family he addedseven health care workers also developed mild illness after the covid19 vaccination