A group of doctors under the banner of Awaken India Movement (AIM) have raised concerns over the side effects of Covishield vaccine in the wake of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca admitting in a U.K. court that its vaccine can cause blood clots in rare cases.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the group urged the government to “review the science behind all COVID-19 vaccines, including Covishield, that were approved under emergency use authorisation and without completing clinical trials.”
“We want the government to audit the commercialisation of COVID-19 vaccines as well as implement an active surveillance and monitoring mechanism to ensure vaccine adverse events are identified as early as possible,” said Veena Raghava and Banu Prakash, doctors who are part of the group.
