After Covishield-maker AstraZeneca admitted in UK court that the vaccine could have some serious side-effects, many parents in India have come out to share their stories after losing their children allegedly to the vaccine.
The parents of a young woman who died allegedly after being given Covishield are planning to sue AstraZeneca, the world's largest vaccine maker.
The AstraZeneca vaccine, manufactured in India by the Serum Institute of India (SII) under the name 'Covishield,' was widely administered in the country.
Venugopalan Govindan, who lost his 20-year-old daughter Karunya in 2021, said the admission was "too late" and came after "so many lives have been lost."
In a post shared on X, he said the SII should have stopped the vaccine supply after the 15 European countries had restricted its usage over deaths from blood clots.
He said many parents are fighting for justice.
"If sufficient remedies aren't obtained, for the sake of justice and to prevent the recurrence of this atrocity that was perpetrated in the name of public health, we will file fresh cases against any and all of those perpetrators because of whose actions the deaths of our children ensued. Eight of the victims' families have connected, and I am echoing the common sentiments of all of us," he said.
"Serum Institute of India and Adar Poonawalla will have to answer for their sins. For the lives lost," Govindan wrote. He also accused the government authorities of approving the rollout of the vaccine.
Govindan had earlier filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking the appointment of a medical board to probe the deaths of their daughters and prepare a protocol for the early detection of the impact of vaccinations, besides compensation.
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