NEW DELHI : Centre has asked states to “carefully authenticate" covid-19 vaccines before use under its national covid-19 vaccination program.
The move comes two weeks after the World Health Organization (WHO) last month seized counterfeit covishield from Kolkata in India.
Dr Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary, union health ministry has written to additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries, secretary (Health) of all states and union territories providing the information on genuine covid-19 vaccine labels and additional information of the covid-19 vaccines currently in use in India --Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V.