Bharat Biotech’s Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella’s tweet saying 50 of their staff examined constructive for Covid acquired bouquets and brickbats from netizens with some saying Covaxin was saving lives whereas just a few questioned as to why the workers weren’t vaccinated.
Referring to feedback by some political bosses over Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin provide points, Ella on Wednesday tweeted “Quite disheartening to the teams to hear some states complaining about our intentions. 50 of our employees are off work due to Covid, yet we continue to work under pandemic lockdowns 24×7 for U.”
Reacting to her tweet, one consumer wrote: “How come your 50 employees down with Covid? We’re they not vaccinated? Also, why not hire more people on temporary basis?”
Ella’s tweet obtained 9,373 likes and was retweeted by 2,564 folks (at 10.30 AM on May 13).
“Hi just wanted to say Thank you. Both my grandparents are over 75 & took their first jab 5 weeks back, both tested Covid positive 2 weeks back. Low fever were their only symptoms, tested negative today, on the road to recovery with no major issues,” tweeted one other netizen.
“Thank you Bharat Biotech for your hard work and commitment on delivering vaccines every corner of India,” one other Twitter consumer mentioned.
Another consumer mentioned, “If you say that your employees are sick of covid, it speaks volumes about efficacy of your vaccine.”
Ella mentioned as many as 18 states acquired Covaxin although in smaller shipments.
The Hyderabad-based agency is supplying Covaxin to 18 states, together with Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi.
The different states are Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Telangana, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
