Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India have approached Drugs Controller General of India requesting a change in factsheets on their vaccines that rule them out for those on blood thinners.
India’s vaccination strategy is smartly-designed and will strengthen healthcare workers to handle a second wave, says Dr V. Ravi, former basic sciences dean at NIMHANS.
Covaxin is contraindicated for people who use blood thinners, while Covishield asks recipients to inform physician. But doctors say there’s no rationale.
A preprint of the results were released last month, which revealed that all three vaccine formulations in the trial resulted in 'robust immune responses'.
Several institutes and experts advocate see this as an efficacy trial that could help boost confidence in vaccines, especially Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin that is in phase-3 trials.
Punjab, Uttarakhand & Assam plan to publish ads in newspapers, while Delhi is holding awareness sessions & interpersonal discussions to remove doubts over Covid vaccines.
Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.
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I received the AZ vaccine, I am on clopidogrel. There was no side effects except pain at the injection point.