Modi boasts about “Indian” vaccines as COVID-19 virus rages through the country
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken to social media to boast that “every Indian is proud that two (COVID-19) vaccines” have been made in the country, even as the virus continues to rage, endangering the lives of millions of workers and poor people.
On January 3, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) authorised two vaccines—one developed by the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, with Oxford University (Covishield), and another by a local pharmaceutical company, Bharat Biotech (Covaxin)—for emergency use.
Health workers screen residents for COVID-19 symptoms at Deonar slum in Mumbai, India. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)