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COVID vaccine

News Reports

Amidst NEET examination irregularities and genuine concerns of students, Congress laps up fake claims of a fake news peddler, promotes it to blame NTA

Paurush Gupta - 11 June, 2024

Patel has been in the news for her bizarre claims as in 2020, she made headlines for claiming that she had discovered a vaccine (for COVID) formula in her mind.

News Reports

AstraZeneca says it is withdrawing its COVID-19 vaccines globally: This is the reason behind it and no, it is not ‘rare side effects’

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2024

"As multiple, variant COVID-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus of available updated vaccines," AstraZeneca said.

Opinions

How Modi Hacks EVMs, Part 3: From exceeding target and destroying 1,60,000 kgs of drugs in 60 days to AYUSH, COVID vaccines and more

S. Sudhir Kumar - 23 February, 2024

In the run-up to the celebrations of the 75th year of Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a unique target for the Home Ministry – destroy 75,000 kgs of drugs in 60 days! As with many aspects of this government, the ministry exceeded this target and burnt 1,60,000 kgs of drugs in that 60-day window!

News Reports

Covid vaccines did not increase the risk of sudden death among ‘healthy’ young adults, other factors responsible: ICMR study

ANI - 21 November, 2023

Covid-19 vaccination, it added, by and large, has been documented to prevent all-cause mortality across age groups and settings. The primary purpose of vaccination is to prevent Covid-19-associated severity. Studies have documented adverse events, predominantly thromboembolic events, following Covid-19 vaccination, it noted.

Government and Policy

Indian Covid-19 vaccine drive saved more than 34 lakh lives: Stanford University report

OpIndia Staff - 25 February, 2023

The report said Covid vaccination prevented a total loss of $18.3 billion, with the net benefit standing at $15.4 billion.

News Reports

Davos: CEO of Pfizer grilled over misleading vaccine efficacy claims, mandates and more, questions that no Western govts have asked the pharma giant

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2023

Rebel News asked around 29 questions to Pfizer CEO, all of which were ignored and remained unanswered. The journalists asked all the questions, right from how much he has personally gained from the epidemic to how much he has paid others to sell his vaccinations, to crucial issues like when he realised his vaccines weren't truly stopping transmission and why he kept it a secret.