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PM Modi, ministers pick 'Made in India' Covid-19 vaccine over AstraZeneca

Many state officials and doctors have refused to take Covaxin before its effectiveness could be proved.

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Reuters New Delhi
Ministers and officials were following Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead by opting on Tuesday for an Indian-made Covid-19 vaccine approved without late-stage efficacy data, instead of the AstraZeneca one.
 
The country’s health, foreign and law ministers, and state governors, all flocked to Twitter to express support for the much-criticised Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine, after it was administered to Modi on Monday.
 
“Made-in-India vaccines are 100 per cent safe,” Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said after being inoculated with Covaxin.
 
Many state officials and doctors have refused to take Covaxin before its effectiveness could be proved. Bharat Biotech says

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