Malang City Residents Admit Blind After COVID-19 Vaccination, Experts Are Researching

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MALANG - A resident of Arjowinangun Village, Kedungkandang District, Malang City, East Java, admitted to experiencing blindness after receiving the AstraZeneca type of COVID-19 vaccination some time ago. blindness after getting vaccinated. However, regarding the cause of the blindness, it is still under expert examination. "That's right. The cause is still under expert examination," said Husnul, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 1. Husnul explained that the case of blindness of a resident of Malang City after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine injection has been handled well. The resident is undergoing treatment and examination at the Saiful Anwar Regional General Hospital (RSUD) in Malang City. "The case has been handled well, the control is at Saiful Anwar Hospital," he said.

Previously, in an upload to a Facebook group called Komunitas Peduli Malang Raya (Original Malang), a person named Titik Andayani uploaded a story that her husband went blind after receiving the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine on September 3, 2021. According to Titik, all the results of the husband's examination before getting COVID-19 vaccine injections under normal conditions and no congenital disease. He asked the public to share this information with the public so that the government could provide assistance. Currently, he continued, his husband's health condition has gradually improved to 70 percent. However, during the course of treatment, the Malang City Government (Pemkot) claimed not to pay attention to the problems experienced by his family. Since the vaccine until now my husband can't work," she said.