An Indian woman holds a cutout of a syringe depicting the Covid-19 vaccine during New Year’s Eve festivities. Photo: EPA
In Modi’s India, political row erupts over home-grown coronavirus vaccine
- Knives are out for the Covaxin vaccine after it was granted emergency approval before final-stage human trials had been completed
- Squabbles between politicians from the BJP and other parties added to the simmering unrest among the Muslim and Hindu communities over the vaccine’s alleged contents
An Indian woman holds a cutout of a syringe depicting the Covid-19 vaccine during New Year’s Eve festivities. Photo: EPA