Serum Institute faces lawsuit over Covishield side-effects: ‘Deaths from blood clots,’ says father of deceased girl
The Times of India quoted the girl's father Govindan as saying. A senior member of the Covid working group of the government said, "In spite of the uncommon risk of TTS, Covishield, which was used to vaccinate 90% of India's population, has done well in India," reported ET.
The victim's father accused the government and the vaccine's maker of marketing the Covid shots as “safe and effective" across the country without providing enough evidence. This has taken many lives and the victims had to incur huge financial expenses, it was alleged.
He alleged that the Covishield rollout was not stopped nor was awareness raised among the communities about the possible side effects. He stated, "The regulatory bodies that approved it and subsequently didn't intervene to stop it when data emerged about the dangers, are all culpable in the death of my daughter and countless others who have died after taking this so-called vaccine," reported TOI.
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