Supreme Court Says Centre Can Respond To Plea Seeking Direction To Specify Side Effects Of Covishield Vaccine
Live LawThe Supreme Court on December 10 said the Union Government may file its response to an amendment application seeking that possible adverse effects of Oxford–AstraZeneca's Covishield should be specified in the vaccines including the treatment for those effects. Opposing this, Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati responded: "Mylords looked into the entire issue of COVID vaccination, which was disposed of by a reported judgment which deals with the aspect of AEFI. When Bhati remarked: "Even headache medicine has adverse effects," Gonsalves concluded: "Government said, this is 110% safe. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the above-appointed expert medical board to prepare a protocol for early detection of and timely treatment for the AEFI due to the Covid-19 vaccine such as the ones that led to the deaths of the daughters of Petitioners No.