4 Gujarat deaths not due to Measles-Rubella vaccine: Probe team

"The children died within five days after they were given the vaccination. They showed acute abdomen symptom, acute gastritis, viral encephalitis and drug reaction, which are not related to vaccination," he said.

"Their deaths were sporadic. None of the 100-200 other children vaccinated along with them had any complaints. So, in our primary report, we conclude that the deaths are not related to the MR vaccination," he said.

Haldar said that the families of two of these children had agreed for post-mortem on the deceased, reports of which are awaited.

Additional Chief Secretary of Gujarat's Health and Family Welfare department, Poonamchand Parmar, also seconded the findings of the AEFI probe committee.

Parmar said that around 61.36 lakh children have been vaccinated in Gujarat since the campaign was launched.

He informed that Gujarat was the 21st state that had started this drive under the aegis of the Union government's National Health Mission (NHM).

Over 9.5 crore children, across 20 states and union territories, have already been vaccinated, Parmar added.