Confounded by the problems Western nations are encountering in their Covid-19 vaccination programmes, the Philippines will look to Asian nations on how to inoculate millions of people against the deadly respiratory disease that has already claimed more than 10,600 Filipino lives.
Don t Get COVID Jab If You Have Medical Conditions: Bharat Biotech Jan 19, 2021, 14:55 IST
Bharat Biotech on Monday warned that those who have weaker immunity and people with allergies must not take the Covaxin shot. Earlier, the government had said that the vaccine could be taken by the patients who are on immuno-suppressants or suffer from immune deficiency. They said that if such people takes vaccine then the immune response would be less effective. Cancer patients who are on chemotherapy, HIV-positive individuals and those who are on steroids are typically immune-suppressed.
India has started vaccinating lakhs of people using two Covid vaccines - Covaxin and the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine Covishield produced by Serum Institute of India.