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An application has been filed before Supreme Court seeking constitution of a Medical Expert Panel to examine the COVISHEILD VACCINE Side Effects and its risk factor.

The panel, as per the applicant, should comprise of Medical Experts from All India Institute of Medical Science, Delhi headed by its Director and supervised by a retired Justice of Supreme Court of India.

Instant plea has been filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari on account of recent revelations made by pharmaceutical company and developer of COVISHEILD Vaccine, AstraZeneca, before the UK High Court, saying its AZD1222 vaccine against Covid-19, which was made under license in India as Covishield, could cause low platelet counts and formation of blood clots in “very rare” cases.

AstraZeneca’s vaccine formula was licensed to Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) during the coronavirus pandemic for the manufacture of Covishield. More than 175 crore doses of Covishield have been administered in India.

Arguing that after Covid-19 there has been increase in the cases of death due to heart attack and sudden collapse of persons, the petitioner has submitted, "There have been number of cases of heart Attack even in youngsters. Now after the document filed in UK court by the developer of COVISHEILD we are compelled to think upon the risk and hazardous consequences of COVISHEILD vaccine which have been administered to the citizens at a large number. The government is required to take immediate steps for the sake of the safety and health of Indian Citizens...".

A further direction is sought to Union of India to establish a Vaccine Damage Payment System for the citizens who got severely disabled as a result of a vaccination drive during Covid-19.

Union of India should also be directed to compensate people who are severely disabled or died because of the side effects of Corona vaccine administered to them during Covid 19, the plea adds.

Case Title: Vishal Tiwari vs. Union of India