Express News Service
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh health department s vaccination staff has done the unimaginable in Siddharthnagar district – by administering a mix of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines to at least 20 villagers at a primary health centre, even as global researchers are yet to study the impact and effectiveness of mixing jabs from different vaccines.
The faux pas happened at Badhni Primary Health Center (PHC) in the East UP district neighbouring Nepal, as 20 residents of Audahi Kalan village, who were given the first dose of Serum Institute of India s (SII) Covishield vaccine on April 1, 2021 were administered the jabs of Bharat Biotech s Covaxin as their second dose on May 14.
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Some villagers who had been administered the first dose of Covishield were given the second dose of Covaxin.
Chief Medical Officer Sandip Chaudhary accepted that there had been a mix up and said that his team is keeping an eye on all these people.
Lucknow: During the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination in Uttar Prdaesh s Siddharthnagar district, a major negligence by health workers has been reported. Some people who had been administered the first dose of Covishield were given the second dose of Covaxin.
The incident has been reported from the primary health centre in Barhni, where on May 14 about 20 villagers from from Audahi Kala and another village were