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Karnataka Govt Doctors Association Seeks Choice to Pick Covid-19 Vaccine
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An association of government doctors in Karnataka has demanded that health care workers be allowed their choice of the COVID-19 vaccine, saying there have been some concerns among a section of the fraternity over the present arrangement for making available the doses. State Health Minister K Sudhakar, meanwhile, dismissed as far from truth reports that there was hesitation among some sections to take the vaccine. Since January 16 when the coronavirus vaccination drive was rolled out across the country, two vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, are being administered to frontline health workers. In a letter to Sudhakar, the Association of House surgeons, Post Graduates and Super Speciality Residents of Govt. Medical and Dental Colleges said it has received information from various parts of the state that resident doctors, including in some medical colleges, were concerned they had been given Cova
A large number of resident doctors in six districts of Karnataka have voiced their objection to taking the Covaxin shot developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech and have asked the government to use the Covishield vaccine instead.
Allaying fears over the side-effects of Covaxin, Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Tuesday defended the vaccine of from Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech and said that it is safe for use.