The CAG report also revealed that despite the urgency of the pandemic, a significant portion of the vaccination funds remained unspent. By March 2022, only Rs 7.92 crore out of the allocated Rs 9.60 crore was utilised, raising serious concerns about the efficiency of fund management during a public health crisis.
The award has been given to the two professors for their significant contribution to the rapid development of the Covid-19 vaccines during the pandemic using the mRNA technology.
In a letter dated Thursday (January 26), Rubio said, "An investigative report suggests that Pfizer may be conducting gain-of-function research, which it dubs “directed evolution” research to mutate the SARS-CoV-2 virus to create additional, more potent variants and vaccines to combat future variants."
The firm said despite the relatively low demand for Covid vaccines, "Bharat Biotech continued product development in intranasal vaccines, to be well-prepared with platform technologies for future infectious diseases. Bharat Biotech has also initiated the development of variant-specific vaccines for COVID in an attempt to be future-ready".
One Jack Raines had shared on various social media networks that he earned USD 1,00,000 in just 16 days by getting 1,000 shots of COVID-19 vaccines in New York. However, the satirical post was taken as fact by many.