Hyderabad: said the fear between certain parts, epidemiologists and health authorities on Wednesday confirmed that the original Covid-19 vaccine life – Covaxin – was 12 months and the same thing was confirmed by all the trials carried out so far.
Experts say parents have no reason to worry because the Central Medicine Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has extended the life of Covaxin to 12 months, starting from the date of manufacture, after evaluating safety norms.
“We are in battle and we should not let the open gate by not vaccinating our children.
Parents must trust the system in place and get their children vaccinated,” Rakesh Mishra, Director, Tata Institute for Genetics and the Community, Bangalore, to Tii.
Mishra, a former director of the Hyderabad-based center for cellular and molecular biology (CCMB), said Bharat Biotech will conduct a thorough test before expanding the expiration date and that this should not deter people from their children.
“Even if we consider the worst scenario, the efficacy will be lacking.
At this stage, we must try to keep the number of cases under control so that there are no new variants formed and the best ways are all people who meet the requirements must be vaccinated.
Omicron should not be considered lightly and Given it as a natural virus can be dangerous, “Mishra added.
Mishra said the fact that children are strong and tolerate a better virus, should not be shown as a reason not to get it vaccinated.
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Sunheetha Narreddy, consultants, infectious diseases, Apollo Health City, said: “Parents do not need to worry about the expiration date.
CDSCO will provide extensions only after seeing all safety parameters.” Bharat Biotech said after receiving approval from the regulator about extension of shelf life up to 12 months, the company began lifting stocks that were not used from private hospitals a few weeks ago at their own expense to make mistakes and exercises only after testing and inspection.
“All hospitals who have placed new orders also began to receive fresh shares,” added Major Pharmacy.
When the country began to vaccinate adolescents on January 3, some parents raised concerns that the government was experimenting in children by providing a ‘expiration’ vaccine.
Many are even brought to Twitter to broadcast their concerns.
“So, my son went to get his first vaccine, the drive for children began today and realized that the vaccine had expired in November.
Then the letter was shown where it seemed that the shelf life had been extended! What was basically? To delete your stock experimenting in children Child? “Read Tweet from” Navanita Varadpande on Twitter Handle @vpnavanita.
Reacting to this problem, the Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the life of the vaccine was extended by a national regulator based on a comprehensive analysis and examination of stability study data fabricated by the manufacturer’s vaccine.