Government Panel Probing Vaccine-Linked Clotting Amid AstraZeneca Fears

Two vaccines -- Serum Institute Of India's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin - are being administered in India.

A government committee of experts is investigating if there were any cases of blood clotting, even mild ones, in recipients of any of the two Covid vaccines being administered in India. Two vaccines -- Serum Institute Of India's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin - are being administered in India. One of the members of the National Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) committee said the report would be submitted next week to the government. "Yes, the investigation is on, it's part of regular review and is done with every vaccine, it has been done in the past as well and nothing new in it," said NK Arora, Adviser, AEFI committe.