Hyderabad hospital nurse tests positive ten days after getting Covid vaccine: Report

30-01-2021

Nizamia Hospital�s head nurse, a 57-year-old lady, has tested positive for Covid days after getting the vaccine. The lady got the vaccine on January 18 at Nizamia. According to the Hans India, later, she complained of loss of taste, fever, dizziness etc. After taking RAT for Covid, the lady was declared positive on January 28. Before receiving the vaccine, she had never contracted Covid despite the fact that during the lockdown, Nizamia was designated as treatment centre of level-I for Covid suspected cases. The hospital served as an isolation centre. Soon after the lady turned positive, several other workers of Nizamia decided to take the test. It was earlier reported that private hospital workers are reluctant to take the vaccine and the authorities have taken up the problem with the Directorate of Medical Education. Hyderabad is the hub of Covaxin, which is an inactivated vaccine meaning that it is made up of killed Covid viruses, making it safe to be injected into the body. Bharat Biotech, the producers, used a sample of Covid, isolated by the country�s National Institute of Virology. The vaccine was provided a certificate for emergency use. The All India Drug Action Network said that it was baffled to understand the scientific logic to approve a half studied vaccine. It said that there were intense concerns arising from the absence of the efficacy data. Bharat Biotech has defended the approval, saying Indian clinical trial laws allowed fast authorisation for use of medicines after Phase II of trials for unmet medical requirements of critical and life-threatening ailments in India. It has promised to give efficacy data for the vaccine by next month.