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London : AstraZeneca, the company that provided vaccines to people worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic, has recalled its corona vaccine. The company has said that it is recalling its Vaxjaveria vaccine from across the world. It is noteworthy that Covishield vaccine, licensed by AstraZeneca, was given in India also to protect against corona. The Covishield vaccine administered in India is also made on the same formula on which the Vaxjaveria vaccine is made. Covishield was manufactured in India by the Serum Institute of India, but till now no decision has been taken to withdraw the corona vaccine in India.
According to The Telegraph report, AstraZeneca has claimed that an updated version of the vaccine is available, so the old stock of the vaccine has been recalled. According to the report, the company had decided to recall the vaccine Vaxzervaria on March 5 itself, but this order came into effect from May 7. This step of the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has come at a time when the company has recently admitted that in some cases side effects of the Covid vaccine have emerged and due to this some people have seen symptoms of thrombosis thrombocytopenia syndrome disease. In which blood clots start forming in people.
AstraZeneca company is facing several lawsuits regarding the Covid vaccine. It is alleged that many people have lost their lives after receiving the Covid vaccine. A man named Jamie Scott has filed a complaint against AstraZeneca. Scott alleges that after taking the vaccine, there was a problem of blood clotting in his body and bleeding in the brain. This caused damage to his brain. More than 50 such cases have been registered against the company. The company also admitted in written documents in the court that the corona vaccine may show side effects in some rare cases.
AstraZeneca has decided to recall the Corona vaccine from Europe and other countries of the world. No such decision has been taken yet by the Serum Institute in India. In India too, concerns are being raised about Covishield and a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court regarding this and a hearing has been demanded on the safety concerns of the vaccine. The Supreme Court has also agreed to the hearing, but the date has not been decided yet.
