Will Prefer Covishield Over Covaxin : Delhi Hospital Doctors Concerned Will Prefer Covishield Over Covaxin : Delhi Hospital Doctors Concerned The resident doctors must believe in the system, Dr VK Paul of the NITI Aayog said, reiterating the safety of Covaxin.
We will prefer Covishield over Covaxin, the resident doctors are saying.
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They said Covishield completed all three stages of trials as required
Covaxin is still only undergoing stage 3 trials, they added
New Delhi:
Resident doctors at one of Delhi s biggest healthcare hubs, the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, on Saturday demanded they be administered Covishield vaccine and not Covaxin since the former has completed all three stages of trials as required under protocol. The second one, produced by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, is still only undergoing stage-III trials. The central government has, however, sought to underplay such apprehensions saying a lot of work had gone into the development of both p
"Our scientists have worked at lightning speed to expedite functions that contribute to development of a vaccine but not a single function has been circumvented," Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said in response to Congress MP Manish Tewari's remarks.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday termed India s vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus as the beginning of the end of COVID-19.
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When Covxin s phase 3 trial is not complete, it raises various concerns, said Manish Tiwari.
New Delhi:
The controversy around Covaxin, one of the two anti-COVID-19 vaccines India will deploy to fight back the pandemic, refuses to die even as the Indian government goes full-steam ahead with the mass inoculation programme. As Bharat Biotech s product was carried to Delhi and 10 other cities this morning, the Congress party sounded another note of caution citing the Centre s supposed flip-flop on its administration.