24 students of two schools take ill after vaccination

KANPUR: As many as 24 students of two public schools — Sanatan Dharm Balika Inter College and Raghunath Prasad Mishra Inter Collage — in the city fell sick after being administered measles-rubella vaccine on Thursday.
Following the vaccination, several students of the two schools complained of nausea, fever, stomach ache and vomiting had to be admitted to the district hospital.
A health department official said he had examined the vaccines administered to the students in the afternoon and found them to be in order.
District magistrate Vijay Vishwas Pant said there was no need to panic as common side effects such as fever, rashes, nausea and dizziness could occur in some cases following such vaccination.
He added that 24 students had been discharged from the hospital by Thursday evening.