The National Commission Of KIPI Still Investigating Youth Who Died After Being Injected By AstraZeneca

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JAKARTA - The National Commission of Post-Immunization Follow-up Event (KIPI) continues to investigate the death of Trio Fauqi Virdaus after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. Until now, there has not been enough evidence of the cause of the resident of Buaran, Jakarta, who died from the vaccine.

"Therefore, further investigation is still needed," The Chairman of the National Commission of KIPI Hindra Irawan Satari said in a written statement quoted Tuesday, May 11.

Until now, he said, based on The National Commission Of KIPI data there has never been an incident of people dying from COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia.

In some cases, the death of a person after getting the vaccine is caused by something else. "Not from the vaccinations he received", he said.

Trio, who is 22 years old, died on Thursday, May 6. He died the day after getting an injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Initially, Trio felt symptoms of hot fever after getting an injection of AstraZeneca vaccine at Istora Senayan on Wednesday, May 5. The next day, Trio's condition weakened.

He was then taken to the hospital. However, his life could not be saved.

After the incident, the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan claimed to have coordinated with Deputy Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, to discuss the case of death of DKI citizens after getting AstraZeneca vaccine injections.

"This incident needs to be a very serious concern because we are building public trust to want to vaccinate", Anies said at DKI Hall City, Central Jakarta, Monday, May 10.

Anies said he is currently waiting for research from the Ministry of Health who is looking to find out the cause of death of youth after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from the UK.

Therefore, he has not decided to stop AstraZeneca vaccination which is currently running for community groups in slum Of citizens association and COVID-19 prone zone areas.

"Until now there has been no policy direction that has changed. So it's still the same. This vaccination can not run alone", said Anies.