Plea in Supreme Court to set up medical panel to investigate Covishield ‘risk factors’
The Hindu
Controversy over Covishield safety reaches Supreme Court, petition seeks expert panel to study risk factors and vaccine consequences.
The controversy over the safety aspects of the Covishield vaccine reached the Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, with a petition seeking the constitution of an expert medical panel to study the risk factors.
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“More than 175 crore doses of Covishield have been administered in India. After Covid 19 there have been an increase in deaths due to heart attack and sudden collapse of persons. There have been a number of cases of heart attack even in youngsters. Now after the document filed in UK court by the developer of Covishield, we are compelled to think on the risk and hazardous consequences of Covishield vaccine which have been administered to the citizens at a large number,” the petition filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari said.
The plea pointed out that AstraZeneca, the company which developed the vaccine, has said that its AZD1222 vaccine against Covid-19, which was made under licence in India as Covishield, could cause low platelet counts and formation of blood clots in rare cases.
It said AstraZeneca has accepted a link between the vaccine and Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), a medical condition characterised by abnormally low levels of platelets and the formation of blood clots.
AstraZeneca’s vaccine formula was licensed to Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII).
The petition said the medical.panel should be headed by an expert from AIIMS and supervised by a retired Supreme Court judge.
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