FEW BLEEDING, CLOTTING EVENTS POST VACCINATION

NEW DELHI: India has reported clotting and bleeding events in 0.61 for every million doses of the Covishield vaccine administered to people, the Union health ministry said on Monday, citing a report submitted by the national adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) committee.

The assessment was based on the analysis of 498 serious AEFIS reported as on April 3 -- by then, 75 million doses had been administered in all. The data from India shows it was seen only in 26 of the 498 AEFIS.