After AstraZeneca admitted in UK court that their vaccine Covishield may have some side effects, including thrombosis (blood clotting) and low platelet count, the doctors associated with the Gujarat BJP, however, said a study by an expert panel in the state had established that there was no direct link between COVID-19 vaccines and blood clotting which can lead to heart attacks.
Opposition Congress alleged BJP government did not follow WHO guidelines for the Covishield vaccine and demanded compensation for families of those who died due to heart attacks or similar reasons after taking the vaccine.
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AstraZeneca, a British pharmaceutical company, has admitted in a UK court that its vaccine, which is sold in India under the name Covishield, can cause a rare side effect related to blood clotting called TTS. The vaccine is produced in India through a partnership between AstraZeneca and the Serum Institute of India (SII).
Gujarat Congress president and Rajya Sabha member Shaktisinh Gohil sought to know why data was not collected despite WHO's advisory.
"Since the world did not have time to analyse the side-effects of vaccines at that time, WHO had said countries should keep a record of side-effects. Other countries followed this advisory and kept records," he said.
"But, in our country, no such data was collected," Gohil claimed.
The Congress leader claimed that many healthy and young people suddenly died due to heart attacks or brain strokes in Gujarat and elsewhere.
"So why does the BJP government not follow WHO's guidelines? Why was no extra care about the side effects of vaccines taken, and why was no data collected? Our government did not care about people's health," he said.
Dr Dharmendra Gajjar, convener of the Gujarat BJP's Doctors Cell, refuted Gohil's claims.
He said it was not right to politicise the issue after over three years.
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