Zee News reporter Pooja Makkar, who became the first Indian woman journalist to receive the indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’, on Tuesday evening said that she has a slight fever and a sore hand. She is reported to be running 99 degrees temperature.
This development comes nearly 24 hours after taking the Covaxin shot. Covaxin is the indigenous vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech against COVID-19 in collaboration with ICMR.
Earlier on Tuesday, Pooja Makkar had said, “It has been 20 hours since I took the coronavirus vaccine – Covaxin. I am completely fine. I am completely normal.” Seeking to dispel rumours about the indigenously developed coronavirus vaccine, she urged people not to believe in those rumours.
“It (vaccine) is completely safe. There is nothing to worry about it. I urge people to have faith in the government. This vaccine has been developed to keep the people of Indian safe,” Makkar had said.
Pooja Makkar got vaccinated at AIIMS, Delhi on Monday (January 4) at 2 pm after the requisite tests. She remained under observation and shared her experience later. The Zee News journalist, who is a health reporter, has extensively reported about the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout besides keeping a tab on the vaccines being developed in the country to tackle this deadly virus.
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