One day after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned India’s Covid-19 vaccines and said he would not take “the BJP vaccine,” Congressional leaders Jairam Ramesh, Shashi Tharoor also doubted approval. awarded to the Bharat Biotech vaccine while in its third phase of testing. .
Criticizing their doubts, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that Jairam, Tharoor and Akhilesh are behaving accordingly. “They first questioned the value of our soldiers and are now unhappy that the two vaccines to get the go-ahead from DCGI are made in India,” he wrote. “Clearly, they are looking for permanent political marginalization,” he added.
As Hardeep Singh Puri called the three politicians “insider cynics,” Jairam Ramesh responded to Puri by calling him the “insider Goebbels-cum-Albert Speer”, referring to two politicians close to Adolf Hitler.
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Before the General Drug Enforcement of India gave the go-ahead to the Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech for emergency restricted use of their vaccines on Sunday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed on Twitter that although Bharat Biotech is A top tier company, internationally accepted protocols related to phase three trials are being modified for Covaxin.
Along the same lines, the leader of Congress, Shashi Tharoor, affirmed that the approval of Bharat Biotech was premature. “Covaxin has not yet had phase 3 trials. The approval was premature and could be dangerous. @drharshvardhan should clarify. Its use should be avoided until full testing is complete. India can start the AstraZeneca vaccine in the meantime, ”Tharoor said.
The DGCI, when announcing the approval of the two candidate vaccines, clarified that both are executing their third phase of testing that will continue.
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AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria also said approvals have been given with all aspects in mind, including the new mutant strain. He also clarified that the Bharat Biotech vaccine can be used as a backup, while the Oxford Serum vaccine will be administered primarily. “Initially, the Serum Institute vaccine will be administered. They already have 50 million doses available and will be able to administer them in the initial phase where we will vaccinate around three million people. Gradually, we will build it and by the time the Bharat Biotech data is also available, ”said Guleria.
On Saturday, Akhilesh Yadav doubted the efficacy of the vaccines sparking a controversy, to which his party MLC Ashutosh Sinha contributed and said that anything can happen. The vaccine can make you powerless, he said.
DCGI VG Somani on Sunday dismissed all of these claims, saying the lead body would never have approved anything, had there been even the slightest concern for safety. He also said that vaccines are 100% safe.
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