claim: viral photo does not show bharat biotech’s vp taking first dose of covid vaccine ‘covaxin’
summary: a photograph of a routine procedural blood draw was shared with the false claim that it represents the first dose of covaxin being administered to bharat biotech’s dr v k srinivas. moreover, the route of administration of bbv152, as per the vaccine’s registration document, is intramuscular while the image shows blood drawn intravenously.
subject_description: the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine "covaxin" was administered to the vp of the company helping develop it during the human trial phase.
Motive_Description: to make people think the vaccine was in human trial phase
author_description: general public
keywords: coronavirus, covaxin, bharat biotech india ltd, human trials, vaccine