Gov. welcomes decision to use two vaccines
Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan has welcomed the government decision to allow use of two Covid-19 vaccines – Covishield and Covaxin –in the country. This is “one of the proudest moments for all of us and scientists who worked overtime to come up with effective vaccine candidates,” she said.
The governor, a doctor herself, said vaccines with a ‘Made in India’ tag represented a major step from the pharmaceutical sector towards the Atma Nirbhar vision and goal set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Dr Soundararajan slammed critics of the vaccine approval process, saying those who create such controversies “are doing a disservice to the efforts of our proud scientific community.”
The governor declared that India, which wit
nessed the second largest number of Covid-19 cases of the order of 10.03 million till January 3 and “recorded a massive 1.5 lakh deaths” cannot afford to ignore the vaccination.
On the controversy over Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, the Governor said airing of doubts over the vaccine developed in association with the Indian Council of Medical Research was unfortunate. The company has made a mark in
● THE GOVERNOR declared that India, which witnessed the second largest number of Covid
19 cases of the order of
10.03 million till January 3 and “recorded a massive
1.5 lakh deaths” cannot afford to ignore the vaccination.
the field of vaccination not only in India but across the world, producing 16 vaccines for prevention of the different diseases and has been conducting clinical trials in 12 countries including the US and the UK.
Recalling her visit to Bharat Biotech’s vaccine research and production facility, Dr Soundararajan said, “Any rumour on the efficacy of the vaccine is likely to impact and intensify vaccine-hesitancy among the people, especially the common man, who may have doubts over any kind of vaccination.”