Certificate will be issued to only such volunteers who participated in the trials for approved vaccines: Govt

New Delhi: Union Health Ministry has said that vaccination certificates will be issued for only such COVID-19 vaccines which are approved for emergency use in India.

 

In a letter to Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that this certificate will be issued to only such volunteers who participated in the trials for approved vaccines.

 

Mr Bhushan said that since



Covaxin, Covishield and Sputnik V are the only three approved vaccines, it will be possible to issue the certificates to the trail participants for only these vaccines.

 

He said, the Ministry will provide data template to ICMR for compilation of relevant vaccination data for participants of unblended trials, so that necessary details required for issuing certificates can be captured on Co-WIN.