Ethical Challenges of Allocating Vaccines in a Pandemic - By Manisha Kukreti

The year 2021 brings a sense of hope to Indians with India's drugs regulator, Drugs Controller General of India, approving emergency use authorization of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, locally manufactured by Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech's indigenously manufactured Covaxin. However, a streak of uncertainty is also looming large with the explosion of a new mutation of the corona virus in UK, now spreading fast across the world.

  • Health Ministry has recently released a guideline for COVID-19 vaccine stating that it will be offered first to healthcare workers, frontline workers and to persons above 50, followed by persons younger than ....
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