Covid-19 vaccination drive in India: Dos, don'ts and possible side effects
As world's largest vaccination drive began in India on January 16, the Centre released a factsheet stating all do's, don'ts and possible side effects of the two vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin -- approved for the emergency use in December.
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(L-R): Covishield; Illustration by Bandeep Singh; Covaxin
The mega vaccination drive has already kicked off across with India with
over 3.8 lakh people inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccine so far. Besides, 580 adverse events following immunisation were reported in the country and two out of seven people who developed severe adverse symptoms after receiving the first jab died.