Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar. (Photo/ANI)
There is no choice between vaccines, says Karnataka Health Minister over KARD s objection to Covaxin ANI | Updated: Jan 19, 2021 22:19 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 19 (ANI): After the Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors objected to taking the Covaxin shot developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech and requested the government to use Covishield vaccine instead, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday said there is no choice given in selecting a vaccine as Drugs Controller General of India has cleared both Covishield and Covaxin.
Sudhakar said, First of all, taking the vaccine is not mandatory. There is no choice given in selecting a vaccine as Drugs Controller General of India has cleared both Covishield and Covaxin. I humbly appeal to all doctors, citizens to accept Covaxin.
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1,000 Covid-19 vax doses found frozen in Assam medical college
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Tue, Jan 19 2021 23:06 IST |
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Nagaon: A nurse administers Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine to a man at a JE vaccination camp set-up at the Civil Hospital in Nagaon of Assam on March 26, 2015. . Image Source: IANS News
Guwahati/Silchar, Jan 19 : Authorities in Assam are probing how the 1,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Covishield were found frozen in the vaccine store of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), officials said on Tuesday.
Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli and state National Health Mission Director Lakshmanan S. have separately ordered probes to identify the reason for the 100 vials of Covishield, containing 1,000 doses, being frozen .
A large number of resident doctors in six districts of Karnataka have voiced their objection to taking the Covaxin shot developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech and have asked the government to use the Covishield vaccine instead.