After AstraZeneca (the vaccine manufacturing company) acknowledged the side effects of their vaccine, parents of a woman who allegedly died after administering Covishield (an Indian variant of the vaccine), have made up their minds to sue the Serum Institute of India (SII). The Pune-based firm is responsible for the development of the vaccine in the country.

The vaccine is said to cause some rare and uncommon side effects. One of the side effects is Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), which is a dangerous side effect that decreases the overall platelet counts and causes blood clotting.

The victim who passed away in 2021 after taking the vaccine dose were identified as Karunya. The national committee at that time denied the allegations claiming a lack of evidence to link the death to vaccine.

After the whole story of side effects was unveiled, the victim's father Venugopalan Govindan is all set to file a petition seeking compensation, and appointment of an independent medical board to investigate his daughter's death.

“Both AstraZeneca and Serum Institute should have stopped the vaccine's manufacture and supply when 15 European countries either suspended or age-limited these due to deaths from blood clots that happened in March 2021, within a couple of months of the rollout of the vaccine itself,” Govindan told The Economic Times.

He further added, “For the sake of justice, we will file fresh cases against the perpetrators because of whom the deaths of our children ensued.”

The revelation of Astra Zeneca's side effects came in response to a lawsuit that the company is facing in the UK. Jamie Scott, who suffered a permanent brain injury after administering Astra Zeneca's vaccine initiated the lawsuit.

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