This comes after many people, including parents on Twitter posted that the Centre is inoculating their children with 'expired' vaccines, they also asked the government on what basis have they revised the shelf life of the doses
A boy gets vaccinated in Mumbai. Pic/ Satej Shinde
The Union health ministry on Monday dismissed media reports alleging that expired vaccines are being administered in the country under its Covid-19 vaccination programme as "false and misleading".
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"There have been some media reports alleging that expired vaccines are being administered in India under its national Covid-19 vaccination programme. This is false and misleading and based on incomplete information," the ministry said in a statement.
This comes after many people, including parents on Twitter posted that the Centre is inoculating their children with “expired” vaccines, they also asked the government on what basis have they revised the shelf life of the doses.
So my son went to get his first vaccine, the drive for kids begin today and realized that the vaccine had already expired in November. Then a letter was shown wherein it seems the shelf life has been extended!!How, why, on what basis?
— Navanita Varadpande (@VpNavanita) January 3, 2022
To clear stock you experiment on kids? pic.twitter.com/259ZHDBMSN
On what basis is this being done @mansukhmandviya ? Can the formal notification clearing expired vaccine for use on children please be released? https://t.co/PZTNJTvWuf
— Vishnu Som (@VishnuNDTV) January 3, 2022
I hear the idea of 'expiry dates' on vaccines has just expired in India. Killed and buried to suit the Government and @BharatBotech.
— JayEnAar (@GorwayGlobal) January 3, 2022
On October 25, 2021, in response to Bharat Biotech International Limited's letter, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) approved the extension of the shelf life of Covaxin (Whole Virion, Inactivated Coronavirus Vaccine) from nine months to 12 months, the ministry said.
Similarly, the shelf life of Covishield was extended by the drug regulator from six months to 9 months on February 22, 2021.
The shelf life of vaccines is extended by the CDSCO on the basis of a comprehensive analysis and examination of the stability study data furnished by the vaccine manufacturers, the ministry said.
(With PTI inputs)
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