Bhubaneswar, Jan. 18 -- New Delhi: The central government on Monday said two people have died following Covid-19 immunisation, but the death of one of them is not related to the vaccination while the post-mortem report of the other beneficiary is still awaited.

A 52-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district died one day after being vaccinated. "Post mortem by a board of three doctors revealed death due to cardiopulmonary disease, pockets of pus in lungs, enlarged heart - not related to vaccination," said Additional Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, Manohar Agnani.

The other man, who was a 43-year-old resident of Bellary in Karnataka, died due to cardiopulmonary failure two days after being vaccinated. His post mortem is...