Why has AstraZeneca recalled Covid-19 vaccine
While the company made the application to withdraw the vaccine on March 5, it came into effect on Tuesday.
While the company made the application to withdraw the vaccine on March 5, it came into effect on Tuesday.
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.
Benefits of the Covid-19 vaccine far outweigh the risks of extremely rare potential side effects, pharma giant AstraZeneca said on Tuesday.
In light of recent concerns surrounding potential rare side effects of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, the pharmaceutical giant has reiterated its commitment to patient safety while emphasising the vaccine's overall safety profile.
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More than 1.50 crore (1,50,28,186) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
The state government had set a target of inoculating one crore beneficiaries in June with an average of more than 3 lakh doses per day.
"The distribution of Covid-19 vaccine is done on the parameters- population of a state, caseload or disease burden, and state's utilization efficiency"
Experts of CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met on Wednesday to review risks of these rare heart problems in the vaccinated younger population, reports Xinhua news agency.
On the sidelines of the launch of 2,500 smart class rooms and free distribution of tablet PCs to 1.55 lakh college students across the state, Narayan who is also chairman of the state Covid-19 Task Force, told reporters that the primary concern had always been providing safe environment to students and their parents to resume functioning of colleges in the state.
