All documents related to COVID-19 vaccines available in public domain: Centre to SC

The Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday that all documents related to COVID-19 vaccines and their compositions are available in public domain, and the vaccine has proved to be very effective and safe.The top court was hearing arguments on a plea seeking directions for disclosure of data on clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines and post-jab cases. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told a bench of justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai that the administration of vaccines is being monitored in a real-time basis.

“Each vial is being kept in cold storage. We have vaccine vial monitors which provide data as the vaccine is administered,” Mehta said. “The argument of the petitioner was that they were not aware of what the vaccine is and what the ingredients are. All the documents are in public domain. The entire composition is given, clinical particulars, therapeutic indications etc are all given in the Centre’s counter. We have also given clinical trial experience and no vaccine-related adverse response is observed,” he told the apex court. View More…