Over 30% Covaxin takers suffered from health issues after one year, claims BHU study
New Delhi, May 16, 2024.
Nearly one-third of the individuals who received Bharat Biotech's anti-Covid vaccine Covaxin reported 'adverse events of special interest,' or AESI, according to a one-year follow up study conducted by a team of researchers at Banaras Hindu University.
Nearly 50 percent of 926 study participants in the study complained of infections during the follow-up period, predominated by viral upper respiratory tract infections.
Serious AESI, which included stroke and Guillain-Barre syndrome, were reported in one per cent of individuals, the study, which looked at long-term safety of the BBV152 vaccine in adolescents and adults, claimed.
Published in the journal Springer Nature, the study comes in the wake of UK pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca admitting...
