Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in securing WHO approval for the Covaxin Covid – 19 vaccines.

I request your kind intervention so early approval is received for Covaxin so students do not face any problem. This will also benefit people travelling for any other purposes.

She brought the problems facing by Indian citizens & particularly students unable to travel abroad for now because the vaccine had not yet been approved by the WHO.

She also said a large number of students from all over the country travel abroad every year for higher studies and many got vaccinated with Covaxin. They came to learn, later on, their vaccination is not valid abroad. It is learnt Covaxin is still not approved by WHO and it is not possible to travel abroad as many countries are allowing only those fully vaccinated with WHO approved vaccines.