Addressing a press conference, the Delhi Health Minister raised concerns about the central government's continuing promotion of this vaccine despite such risks, highlighting issues of blood clots and falling platelet counts leading to heart attacks.
The Opposition Congress has also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over the issue.
AstraZeneca submitted before a UK court that its Covid vaccine Covishield can cause rare side effects.
AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish pharmaceutical company, has reported that its antibody medication 'Evusheld' is effective against Covid-19's novel vaccine-evading Omicron strain.
Imperial scientists had aimed to use the technology to design a Covid-19 jab. However, it never progressed further than stage two clinical testing.
"No specific risk factors or definitive cause for TTS following Covid-19 vaccination have been identified and AstraZeneca continues to perform and support ongoing investigations of potential mechanisms," the study noted.
Previous studies have shown that the Oxford jab is more effective in generating T-cells than mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna.
The authority will negotiate with Siam Bioscience Co. and recommend that the manufacturer supply the vaccine to Thailand
The AstraZeneca doses are coming from the advance purchase agreement the government struck with the company and that these doses, which will be manufactured in the United States
The study aims to enroll 2,250 participants from the UK, South Africa, Brazil, and Poland to build immunity against the Beta Covid variant
