Fifty employees of Bharat Biotech test COVID-19 positive

Joint MD’s tweet draws bouquets and brickbats from netizens.

Bharat Biotech’s Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella’s tweet saying 50 of their employees tested positive for received bouquets and brickbats from netizens with some saying Covaxin was saving lives while a few questioned as to why the staff were not vaccinated. Referring to comments by some political bosses over vaccine Covaxin supply issues, Ms. Ella on Wednesday tweeted “Quite disheartening to the teams to hear some states complaining about our intentions. 50 of our employees are off work due to covid, yet we continue to work under pandemic lockdowns 24x7 for U.” Reacting to her tweet, one user wrote: “How come your 50 employees down with Covid? We’re they not vaccinated? Also, why not hire more people on temporary basis?” Ms. Ella’s tweet got 9,373 likes and was retweeted by 2,564 people (at 10.30 a.m. on May 13). “Hi just wanted to say Thank you. Both my grandparents are over 75 & took their first jab 5 weeks back, both tested positive 2 weeks back. Low fever were their only symptoms, tested negative today, on the road to recovery with no major issues,” tweeted another netizen.