A 30-year-old sanitation worker died around two hours after being administered the covid-19 vaccine at Gujarat's Vadodara on Sunday, following which authorities ordered a postmortem to ascertain the exact cause of his death, officials said.

While the family members of the deceased said they suspect that the virus vaccine was the reason behind his sudden death, officials said he might have died due to a heart attack as he had a history of heart disease since 2016 and was not taking medicines.

Jignesh Solanki was a sanitation worker at the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) in Gujarat.

He was vaccinated on Sunday morning. However, hours later, he fainted at home and was rushed to the SSG Hospital in the city, where he was declared brought dead by doctors, the officials said.

Solanki’s wife Divya said, "I had no idea that he was going to be vaccinated. We had not discussed it. After getting vaccinated, he returned home but fainted while playing with our daughter. We suspect that his sudden death was caused due to the vaccination."

PTI