00:01And shifting our focus now to news that has come in from Nagpur in Maharashtra,
00:06a routine vaccination, a father accompanying his teenage daughter,
00:10and within minutes, a medical emergency that left a family grieving
00:15and official searching for answers.
00:17This happened in Nashik, where the death of a 17-year-old girl
00:22shortly after she received a routine tetanus diphtheria vaccine
00:26that has prompted a detailed medical investigation.
00:31Authorities are urging people not to draw any conclusions
00:34until all scientific and forensic reports are fully available.
00:38So here's what we know so far.
00:40Now, according to the Nashik Municipal Corporation,
00:43the teenager visited a routine vaccination camp with her father.
00:47At 12.40pm, she received the TD vaccine,
00:51which is part of India's regular immunization program.
00:54After leaving the vaccination center, she reportedly felt dizzy.
00:59While on her way home, she collapsed on the road.
01:02She was immediately taken to a nearby hospital,
01:05but unfortunately declared dead on arrival.
01:08Now, the exact cause of the death that has still not been established.
01:12Police have completed an inquest and a post-mortem examination.
01:17The vaccine sample that has been sent for laboratory analysis.
01:21Officials are also awaiting the Vicerra report.
01:23Investigators say that they are examining all possible medical explanations.
01:29Now, these include whether there was an adverse event following the immunization,
01:34whether the fall itself could have caused a fatal head injury,
01:37or whether there was an underlying medical condition
01:41unrelated to the vaccination at all.
01:44At this stage, officials say that no single cause that has been confirmed so far.
01:49Meanwhile, the health department that has appealed for calm
01:52and has urged the public not to rely on speculation
01:55or unverified claims circulating online.
01:58According to the Nashik Municipal Corporation,
02:01the same vaccine stock that has already been used extensively.
02:0524 vials were supplied to the health center,
02:08and 12 have already been used.
02:11Now, officials say that around 120 people have received doses from this very stock.
02:17The same vial that was used for a teenager
02:20and was also administered to six others.
02:24That included for pregnant women, another teenager and a child.
02:28Now, according to the administration,
02:29none of these recipients who have reported any adverse effects so far.
02:34Health officials are saying that these details are an important part of the ongoing inquiry
02:39and will help determine whether there is any issue linked to the vaccine itself.
02:45The administration has also clarified that the vaccine administered
02:48was the rotein, tetanus and diphtheria vaccine,
02:51not any other vaccine being referred to in misleading social media posts.
02:57The TD vaccine that protects against tetanus and diphtheria
03:01is routinely given to children at the ages of 10 and 16
03:05and is also recommended during pregnancy.
03:08It is administered safely to lakhs of people across India every year
03:12as part of the Universal Immunization Programme.
03:15Officials describe it as a well-established vaccine
03:19with a strong safety record
03:21while emphasizing that every serious medical event following vaccination
03:26is investigated thoroughly regardless of the suspected cause.
03:30For one family, this is an irreplaceable loss.
03:35For the authorities, it is a sensitive investigation
03:37that now rests on medical evidence, forensic analysis and scientific review.
03:43Until those reports are complete,
03:45officials maintain that the cause of the teenager's death
03:48remains under investigation.
03:51By the time we were coming to the government's loss.
03:59For one family, my questeя minha Enseya
04:06there would be a median 50 years ago.
04:07My husband was on medical.
04:10I was taken to the mother of the hospital.
04:12My son of the health of the hospital
04:12was so much of the loss.
04:13was wrong.
04:16He was not in front of him.
04:17He was in his chest.
04:21He was in his head.
04:24He was in his head.
04:25He was in his head.
04:30Then we went to the hospital.
04:33He was not in hospital.
04:36He said to him,
04:37go to the hospital.
04:39I am the one who told me that I was dead.
04:45I have two deaths in this month.
04:48Now it's the third.
04:50We need to keep this.
04:52This is the first time I was in the 19th century.
04:55I was in the 19th century.
04:56This was a very difficult time.
05:01This was the first time I was in the 19th century.
05:05This was the last time I was in the 19th century.
