Mumbai: With a vaccine certificate slowly becomes a passport for travel and other worldly activities such as entering the mall, the volunteer of the vaccine court from the city feels short.
Even when they complete the year vaccination next month, the government has not published their certificate and they are displayed as unknown to Cowin.
They were also in conformity because they did not know whether the vaccine they took was still effective against the new variant and was waiting for guidelines about the possibility of a booster dose.
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They are right now feeling annoyed about the authority approach.
The government must step on at the same time and sort out all their problems so that vaccination certificates are given to them without further delay “There are not many known about viruses or vaccines.
Many volunteers choose to get out of the trial after learning about serious side effects.
Only a few hundred are ready to take risks , “Gupta said, now disappointed with the delay.
The ‘vaccine passport’ is now mandatory for almost everything, including entering the mall or gym, he added.
About 250 people have volunteered to trial Covishield in two hospitals – Kem and Nair.
Of the total, 75% were given a vaccine, while the rest were given placebo.
Data from this six-month study cannot be avoided in March-April this year.
People who get vaccines have been waiting for their certificate since then.
Without information from the government, they have knocked on the door of the experimental site.
A doctor said they had given the names of volunteers three times to ICMR.
“We have chased ICMR.
We even gave them vaccinated details three times.
Only last week we were told that the certificate would be issued after data from all test centers were collected.
They have assured that this will be available until August 31,” he said, adding not There is clarity at the booster dose.
An ICMR official said the Ministry of Health and family welfare had decided to issue a certificate.
But the participants were impatient now.
Retired Medical Teacher Dr.
Suresh Sundar, 64, said: “We volunteered with good faith to help others in a pandemic.
But despite the recurring efforts, ICMR, serum institute or the government have not issued the right vaccination certificate for the dose of the covishield given to us.
The hospital authority has given us possible letters or may not apply to travel.
“Meena Mehta’s other volunteer, a housewife, 68, also worried that a letter from the hospital would not be useful.