December 14, 2020
Haryanaâs health minister Anil Vij announced that he tested positive for the Covid-19, leading many to draw connections with his participation in the trials of one of the vaccine candidates. The immediate media coverage and the social media conversations that followed conflated Vijâs diagnosis with the trial in a way suggested that the inoculation of Covaxin from Bharat Biotech may be ineffective. In reality, it is not known whether the minister was given a placebo or the actual inoculation. Even if he did get a shot of Covaxin, it is not meant to be protective until he gets at least two doses to build the necessary protection against Covid-19.
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