Chhattisgarh: DM tests COVID-19 positive days after taking shots of two doses of vaccine

In a shocking incident, A District Magistrate in Chhattisgarh has tested COVID-19 positive Just a few days after being given shot of both doses of the vaccine. 

After the officer tessted positive for the disease, serious questions are being raised over the efficacy of the vaccines being administered in the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive in India.

Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) in early January granted emergency use approval of two Covid vaccines i.e. Covaxin and Covishield. 

Covaxin is developed by Bharat Biotechone while Covishield is developed by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India in collaboration with the University of Oxford and Swedish pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca.

India started its vaccination drive on January 16 with priority given to all healthcare and frontline workers in the first phase.

The second phase started on March 1 where doses are being administered to people above the age of 60 and those between 45 and 59 years with specific comorbidities.

The country is aiming to vaccinate 30 crore people against COVID-19 by July so as to break the chain of transmission of the coronavirus.