Chief Minister, Health Minister get vaccinated
The Hindu
Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar got the first dose of the vaccination at the State-run Victoria Hospital on Friday.
Both of them took Covaxin, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech. On Thursday, Covaxin was taken off the clinical trial mode and is now authorised for emergency use on a par with Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield.
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