New Delhi: universal health organization ,ooh), a group of epidemiologists, doctors and public health Expertswritten to Indian Council of Medical Research ,ICMR) asked it to avoid academic censorship, as it was later questioned by researchers. Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was honoured for its latest study on the side effects of India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine. vaccine, Covaxin,

In their open letter to the ICMR director, the experts said the study filled an “important gap in the field”. data long term analysis Security widely administered covid vaccine Covaxin.”

“While we were hoping and hoping Research We are surprised to see the letters sent by ICMR to a prestigious institution like ICMR to take forward this study, address its shortcomings and raise the standards of vaccine safety. Sacrifice of the paper, and threatening the authors of the study,” UHO said.

It says there are many aspects that are wrong. On the point raised by ICMR that the published study lacked a control group, UHO said the same was “acknowledged in the study itself, in the ‘Limitations’ section.”

It said, “No scientific study is without limitations, and the study should be used to further improve vaccine safety studies. On the contrary, it is unbecoming of a scientific institution like ICMR to demand its withdrawal.” “

It has also urged ICMR, which has access to the control group data, to publish the long-term follow-up of the phase-3 trials.