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Lucknow court summons Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla and seven others for this reason

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Lucknow District and Sessions Court has summoned seven people on April 1, including Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla, in a case filed over alleged non-production of antibodies after the first dose of Covishield.

A man in Lucknow filed a complaint against Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla and others, alleging that he did not develop antibodies despite taking a Covishield dose.

The complaint was filed at Aashiana police station in Lucknow. Others named in the complaint are DCGA director, Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Luv Agarwal, ICMR director Balaram Bhargava, National Health Mission director Aparna Upadhyay, among others.

The complainant, Pratap Chandra, said in the complaint that he received the first dose of Covishield on April 8. Chandra said he was supposed to receive the second dose 28 days later but on the said day he was told that the date for the second dose had been extended by six weeks. Later, the government revised the time gap between the two doses to 12 weeks.

Chandra said he was not feeling well after receiving the first jab. Citing ICMR director general Balram Bhargav’s quotes in media where he had said “good levels of antibodies are produced in the body after the first dose of Covishield”, the complainant took a Covid Antibody GT test from a government-approved lab.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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