The mother and father of 23-month-old baby who died in December final 12 months after being administered a dose of yellow fever vaccine proceed to attend for laboratory outcomes to determine the reason for dying.

The vaccine was administered to the complete household at Goa’s Panaji Urban Health Centre again in December forward of a household journey to Kenya — the place it’s obligatory earlier than journey.

The authorities have instructed them that an investigation has been launched to look into the doable causes in line with protocols.

Parents Jonathan and Larissa recall the evening of December 21 final 12 months when their son fell ailing after the vaccine shot.

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He was taken to the household paediatrician who then gave him medicines suspecting abdomen ailment.

The medicines didn’t enhance the kid’s well being after which he was admitted in a hospital.

Around 10:50am, the kid was declared useless on the Goa Medical College and Hospital.

“He was an active two-year old child and was playful throughout the day even after receiving the vaccine. He had no known issues or cardiac problems, but we were told he died of cardiac arrest. The doctors have said they are probing the case especially to check if there were any impurities in the vial,” Menezes mentioned.

State immunization officer mentioned that the state has launched a probe as per the usual working process in wake of hostile occasions following immunization.

“We take every case seriously and each case is investigated. The findings are then deliberate upon by the causality committee (Causality Assessment Committee) which will submit its report in due course,” Dr Uttam Desai, the state immunisation officer on the directorate of well being providers, mentioned including that the investigation continues to be ongoing, and it is going to be untimely to touch upon the doable causes resulting in the kid’s dying.

“Samples of the vaccine vial have been sent for testing to the government approved laboratory as is done in all serious adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) cases,” he added.

According to the household, moreover the kid, the kid’s father Jonathan who obtained the vaccine from the identical vial confirmed no signs nor did the opposite three unrelated individuals (adults) who got the vaccine from the identical vial.

Following his dying, medical doctors collected the kid’s cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples which had been despatched to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) for viral panel exams.

A Covid check additionally revealed that the kid wasn’t affected by the viral sickness. The report for Dengue additionally got here unfavorable.

“All the test results including the viral tests done on the blood and cerebrospinal fluid came back negative which means he had no viral infection prior to the vaccine dose being administered which could have caused a reaction, which means that he died as a result of the vaccine,” Menezes mentioned including that the signs and a number of organ failure that his son skilled after receiving the vaccine steered it was a case of Yellow Fever Viscerotropic Disease, a identified however uncommon hostile response to the vaccine.

“My aim is to hopefully get the authorities to modify SOPs and make people aware,” Menezes mentioned.

“The nurses and staff need to inform patients receiving the vaccine to watch for symptoms of any kind at the time of receiving the vaccine. Even though adverse effects are rare they can and do happen and I believe my son was one of the victims of it,” Menezes mentioned.

The mother and father proceed to await outcomes from the Himachal Pradesh institute that can assist them know the reason for dying of their baby who was simply wanting his second birthday.