Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court refused on Thursday to intervene in the matter of adverse reactions to some individuals in the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
Responding to a batch of 24 public interest litigations seeking court intervention to ascertain safety aspects of the vaccine, a division bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy made it clear that no such intervention was appropriate at this stage. The PILs have also urged the court to issue directions to the state government for more steps to contain the pandemic spread.
“Let the government roll it out. If anybody doesn`t want to take the vaccine, leave them alone. There is no compulsion,” the Chief Justice said.
The bench appreciated the efforts of the state government in dealing with the pandemic from the very start. However, the lab testing seemed to be less. “When Delhi conducts not less than 40,000 tests a day, how come a bigger state like Telangana is conducting only around…