This comes after AstraZeneca admitted in court documents in the UK that their vaccine can cause rare side effects that can lead to blood clots and low platelet count.
The parents of a young woman who died allegedly after being given Covishield are planning to sue the world’s largest vaccine maker as well as the British pharma giant that had developed it during the Covid pandemic. This comes after AstraZeneca admitted in court documents in the UK that their vaccine can cause rare side effects that can lead to blood clots and low platelet count.
The AstraZeneca vaccine was manufactured in India by the Serum Institute of India (SII) under the name ‘Covishield’ and was widely administered here.
SII is yet to comment on this matter.
Venugopalan Govindan, who lost his 20-year-old daughter Karunya in 2021, said the admission was “too late” and came after “so many lives have been lost”.
Thanks to @Teensthack for this article. 🙏
I missed to tell Teena that today (May 1st) is Karunya’s birthday and she was the first wedding anniversary gift to me and my wife from the heavens. 😭
Perhaps due to editorial/space constraints few core points I gave missed to make… pic.twitter.com/bjJjHOc1aM
— Venugopalan Govindan (@gvenugopalan) May 1, 2024
In an online post, he said the Serum Institute should have stopped the vaccine supply after the 15 European countries had restricted its usage over deaths from blood clots. He said the grieving parents are fighting for justice in various courts, but are not getting a hearing.
“If sufficient remedies aren’t obtained, for the sake of justice and to prevent recurrence of this atrocity that was perpetrated in the name of public health, we will file fresh cases against any and all of those perpetrators because of whose actions the deaths of our children ensued. Eight of the victims’ families have connected and I am echoing the common sentiments of all of us,” he said.