A 46-year-old ward boy employed in a district hospital in Moradabad died a day after receiving the vaccine for COVID-19 but officials said the death was not linked to the vaccine. He died of cardiopulmonary disease, officials said on January 18. Mahipal Singh, a ward boy in the district hospital Moradabad, received the vaccine shot at noon on January 16, said an official. On January 17, he complained of chest pain and breathlessness during the day and by the time he was taken to the hospital for treatment he was declared dead, said Chief Medical Officer Moradabad M.C. Garg. Mahipal died around 6 p.m. on January 17, said the official.

A 46-year-old ward boy employed in a district hospital in Moradabad died a day after receiving the vaccine for COVID-19 but officials said the death was not linked to the vaccine. He died of cardiopulmonary disease, officials said on January 18. Mahipal Singh, a ward boy in the district hospital Moradabad, received the vaccine shot at noon on January 16, said an official. On January 17, he complained of chest pain and breathlessness during the day and by the time he was taken to the hospital for treatment he was declared dead, said Chief Medical Officer Moradabad M.C. Garg. Mahipal died around 6 p.m. on January 17, said the official.