No politics, followed scientific advice on Covid-19 vaccine, says PM Modi

In an interaction with beneficiaries from his constituency, PM assures both vaccines safe

Dispelling fears around the safety of India’s two Covid-19 vaccines, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Serum Institute of India’s Covishield, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that politics was kept out of the vaccine exercise, which was driven entirely by scientific principles. 

Interacting with vaccinators and beneficiaries from his constituency, Varanasi, through video conference, Modi said: “There was a lot of pressure on me to bring the vaccine soon... I always said that we will do what the scientists will say... This is not the work of politicians.” 

He said that as soon as the vaccine was ready, it was decided that