The AIM urged the government of India to compensate all the victims of COVID-19 vaccines, including their family members, through a mechanism that also involves vaccine manufacturers.

At a press conference, the doctors, under the banner of the Awaken India Movement (AIM), urged the government to review the science behind all Covid vaccines and audit their commercialisation as well as implementation of active surveillance and monitoring mechanism to ensure vaccine adverse events are identified as early as possible.

The Serum Institute of India (SII), which partnered with AstraZeneca to manufacture Covishield, has issued a statement clarifying its position.

BJP had taken commission; low quality vaccines and medicines were given to the people— SP national gen secy Shivpal Yadav.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s mass Covid-19 vaccination drive with two vaccines - Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s homegrown vaccine Covaxin - which were approved by the country's drugs regulator earlier in January 2021.