New Delhi, July 03, 2025 (ANI): On Covid-19 vaccines and sudden deaths, Niti Aayog Member (Health) Dr VK Paul said, "Covid vaccines were tested after systematic laboratory studies, animal toxicity studies and clinical studies and they fulfill scientific and all regulatory and benchmark criteria. The notion of sudden deaths linked to the vaccines has been making rounds and to address it systematically, a study was commissioned by the ICMR... published in 2023 and conducted in 47 hospital sites... More than 700 young individuals who suffered sudden deaths were included... What emerged was that Covid vaccine was actually protective against sudden deaths, decreasing its risk... What was responsible for sudden death was - if the individual had a genetic tendency due to family history of heart ailments, if one had suffered more severe Covid-19 illness that required hospitalisation, smoking, and those who had consumed excess alcohol... Let's not be prey to unfounded notions."
00:00COVID-19 vaccines were instituted after systematic laboratory studies, animal toxicity studies, and clinical studies.
00:12And they fulfilled scientific rigor and all the regulatory criteria and benchmarks.
00:20Now this notion that these vaccines are associated with sudden death has been making ground.
00:25And to address that systematically, a study was commissioned by the Indian Council of Medical Research.
00:34This was a systematic study published in 2023.
00:38And the study was conducted in 47 hospital sites.
00:46It was a case control study in which more than 700 individuals, young individuals who had suffered sudden death were included.
00:59And for each such case, four controls were taken, which were age matched, gender matched, and neighborhood matched.
01:07And what emerges from this study, and this is a very well done study, it's a systematic, scientifically valid study, and what emerges is that COVID-19 vaccine was actually protective against sudden deaths.
01:25Not enhancing the risk, but decreasing the risk, reducing the risk of sudden death to the tune of 42 to 49% risk reduction.
01:37So there is, from this study, there is no question that we see any evidence that vaccines were associated with excess risk of sudden death.
01:52Another study at Ames is demonstrating that the risk of sudden death is really not enhanced or high as of now.
02:02But now, all populations experience some level of sudden death, one to six per lakh life years, for example, that's the number.
02:13And their estimate is that the current incidence in their study, early results show, is no different.
02:21I would like to reassure the viewers that the science of the day is what I have told you.
02:27Please be guided by evidence, and let's really not be prey to unfounded notions.
