As I come in healthcare workers category so, I got vaccinated in first phase.
I got vaccinated in evening & next morning I was having fever & body pain. Some people were having pain at the vaccinated point & some didn't had any problem.
Covishield is safe.
My brother and sister got vaccinated 2 weeks back, both are doctors and facing no side effects or any other issues. They had option to choose between covishield and covaxin, opted for covishield.
The US company, which was the first drugmaker to apply for emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine in India, had a meeting with the country’s drugs regulator on Wednesday and the decision was made after that, the company said.
South Africa wants to return the one million COVID-19 vaccine doses it has received from Serum Institute of India, The Economic Times reported on Tuesday, a week after the country said it would put on hold use of AstraZeneca's shot in its vaccination program.
Serum Institute of India, which is producing AstraZeneca's shot, has emerged as a key vaccine supplier. One million doses of the vaccine landed in South Africa last week and another 500,000 were due to arrive in the next few weeks.
The company said it had no comments on the matter.
Bharat Biotech is working on a nasal based vaccine. This could be game-changing as excessive pain from injection is one of the biggest flaw of current vaccines.