BJP has put lives of its countrymen at risk: Akhilesh Yadav on global withdrawal of Covishield

Recently, the company had admitted that its COVID-19 vaccines could, in very rare cases, have the potential to cause a rare side effect called — Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS).

“In the greed for crores of donations, BJP has put crores of lives in danger. BJP has become a ‘jan-drohi’ (anti-people) party by putting the lives of its own countrymen at risk,” he said.

According to AstraZeneca, the withdrawal has been initiated due to a surplus of available updated vaccines since the pandemic.

SII said it has stopped the manufacturing and supply of additional doses of Covishield since December 2021 while reiterating that it had disclosed all rare to very rare side-effects, including Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, in the packaging insert in 2021.