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Covid vaccine controversy: Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech has issued a statement amid reports of alleged side effects of corona vaccines like AstraZeneca and Covishield. Bharat Biotech, the company manufacturing Covaxin, said that the safety of citizens is of paramount importance for them. Every possible effort is made to eliminate all apprehensions related to the vaccine and to ensure safe use of the vaccine.
How effective is the vaccine? Before this, it is also important to know how safe the vaccine is.
According to Bharat Biotech, their sole focus while developing the vaccine has been to focus on safety amid reports of vaccine harm. Covaxin is the only vaccine developed in collaboration with ICMR, a Government of India unit. Investigating this truth, Bharat Biotech said that tests were also conducted regarding the effectiveness of the vaccine. However, we prioritize safety before considering how effective the vaccine is.
How safe is Covaxin? Final decision taken after thorough examination
Covishield and Covaxin vaccines were widely used in India. Bharat Biotech, the company that makes Covaxin, said Covaxin was evaluated in more than 27,000 subjects as part of its licensing process. It was licensed for restricted use in clinical trial mode. Extensive safety reporting conducted for millions of subjects. Not only this, the safety of Covaxin was also evaluated by the Health Ministry of the Government of India. The continued safety of Covaxin was also monitored. The safety record of Covaxin was passed after evaluating all aspects. No vaccine-related events such as coagulation, thrombocytopenia, TTS, VITT, pericarditis, myocarditis have occurred following administration of this vaccine.