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Bengaluru, 18 Jan 2021: Asserting that the two Covid vaccines were safe, Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Sunday said there were no side effects among those who took the first shot since Saturday.
“No side effects have been reported so far from healthcare warriors who took the Covishield and Covaxin injections on Saturday and Sunday. They are safe,” he said in a statement.
Covishield, manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India is being used in 24 of the state’s 30 districts and Covaxin of the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech in the remaining six.
“Of the 27,753 registered beneficiaries on the first 2 days of the vaccination drive across the state, 17,308 took the shot till Sunday, accounting for 62 per cent of the target” said Sudhakar, who is a medical doctor by profession.
Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday asserted that the two Covid-19 vaccines were safe and there were no side effects among those who took the first shot since Saturday.
Asserting that the two Covid vaccines were safe, Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Sunday said there were no side effects among those who took the first shot since Saturday."No side effects have been reported so far from healthcare .
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