Bengaluru, July 7 -- Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao clarified on Monday that the expert report states the COVID-19 vaccine is not a direct cause of all sudden deaths occurring in Hassan and other districts in the state.

He said that all sudden deaths occurring outside the hospital will henceforth be reported, which will provide more data for research on heart attacks.

Dr Ravindranath, who was heading the team that was conducting the investigation related to sudden cardiac deaths in Hassan and other districts, submitted the COVID-19 side effects report to the Health Minister today.

Responding to the media after receiving the report of the expert committee on Covid side effects in Bengaluru on Monday, Rao said that the number...