Raipur: Dr Subhash Pandey, 62, spokesperson of the Chhattisgarh State Covid Control and Command Centre and a senior doctor died of coronavirus infection at Raipur on Wednesday.
Dr Pandey had already taken both the prescribed doses of the vaccine earlier. He was also a patient of hypertension and diabetes, The New Indian Express (TNIE) reported.
A Joint Director in the health department, Pandey was simultaneously assigned a key responsibility of briefing the media on the prevailing COVID situation and the challenges faced in the state, the report added.
He was admitted to the AIIMS Raipur a couple of days ago after he complained of fever and uneasiness. On Tuesday late evening his condition deteriorated and was shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU), TNIE reported.
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