50 employees of Bharat Biotech test Coronavirus positive
Bharat Biotech’s Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella’s tweet saying 50 of their employees tested positive for COVID received bouquets and brickbats from netizens with some saying Covaxin was saving lives while a few questioned as to why the staff were not vaccinated.
Reacting to her tweet, one user wrote: “How come your 50 employees down with Covid? We’re they not vaccinated? Also, why not hire more people on temporary basis?” Ella’s tweet got 9,373 likes and was retweeted by 2,564 people (at 10.30 AM on May 13)
Thank you Bharat Biotech for your hard work and commitment on delivering vaccines every corner of India,” another Twitter user said. Another user said, “If you say that your employees are sick of Covid, it speaks volumes about efficacy of your vaccine.
The Hyderabad-based firm is supplying Covaxin to 18 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi. The other states are Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Telangana, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
(With Inputs From Agencies)