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No legal compulsion to get v@ccinated; government cannot be held liable for deaths from COVID v@ccine: Central government to Supreme Court

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On the compensation being sought, the affidavit said that the petitioners have other legal remedies including approaching a civil court for damages.

It was also emphasised that a strict liability on Union or State governments for administering the vaccine is not legally tenable, since the vaccines are manufactured by third-parties.

However Serum Institute had filed Rs 100 crore case against volunteer who claimed vaccine made him ill.

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#Replug
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Recall that Serum Institute of India had sought indemnity from liability @SerumInstIndia

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The Supreme Court on August 9, 2021, said a judicial order to publish data on clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines and post-vaccination side-effects may feed vaccine hesitancy amid the pandemic.
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Do you really think this is in the larger public interest? Fifty crore people have been vaccinated. By asking us to launch an enquiry now, are you not throwing doubts into the minds of the people about the vaccines. Justice L. Nageswara Rao has asked advocate Prashant Bhushan.

It is only in May 2022 that Supreme court directed the Central government to make AEFIs public, further directed the govt to take steps in order to create awareness, as well as navigate this platform for self-reporting on the matter.
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Centre supports states’ vaccine mandate, tells SC it’s in public interest!

Do you remember @PMOIndia ?

#INeverSaidThis ?

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"Asking the court to dismiss the petition, the govt said an independent review of the deaths of the petitioner’s children would cast doubts on the existing AEFI mechanism"

@PMOIndia why does reviewing the #AEFI mechanism bother you?

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@pbhushan1 informed the bench that by the next date, he will file applications challenging the mandates issued by various states for Court to issue notice and know their stand.
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On the study on adverse effects, the affidavit stated that out of the total doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered till November 24, a total of 2,116 serious and severe adverse events following immunization (AEFI) have been reported.

A report of rapid review and analysis has been submitted to NEGVAC (National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19) for 1,356 (1,236 Covishield, 118 Covaxin and 2 Sputnik) severe AEFI cases, while the remaining cases are still under review.

The parents of the women, meanwhile, said they were going to counter every point of the government’s response
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