The Union Ministry on Wednesday also issued a clarification, stating that while the serum is used only for manufacturing of vaccines, the final vaccine does not contain newborn calf serum at all.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare added the fact has been “Twisted and misrepresented” in the social media posts regarding compositions of the vaccine and the suggestion that Covaxin contains newborn calf serum is not correct.
In a statement issued on June 16, Wednesday, Bharat Biotech said, “Newborn calf serum is used in the manufacturing of viral vaccines. It is used for growth of cells,but neither used in the growth of SARS CoV2 virus nor in the final formulation.
Covaxin is highly purified to contain only the Inactivated virus components by removing all other impurities”.
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