New Delhi. The Union Health Ministry on Saturday clarified that covaxin is a corona virus vaccine with two doses and Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij was given only the first dose. Vij has announced that he has been infected with the Corona virus. Covaxin is an indigenous potential vaccine that India Biotech is developing in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research ( ICMR ) . Vij offered to become the first volunteer in the Phase III trial of covaxin.

After Anil Vij's announcement of being infected, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday that antibodies against the infection form in a person just days after taking the second dose of the vaccine. It is a two-dose vaccine and the minister took only one dose of the vaccine. Haryana Health Minister Vij also said that antibodies start to form after taking the second dose and a second dose is given 28 days after the first dose. In the mean time there is no protection. The 67-year-old Vij was given the first dose on 20 November. Vij said that experts know better about how Kovid vaccine works. 

He said, "I was told that antibodies start to form after the second dose and the second dose is given 28 days after the first dose. And, completely antibodies are formed 14 days after the second dose. So this whole cycle is 42 days. There is no protection during this period. ”When asked about his health, the minister said that he has a sore throat, fever and body ache. The BJP leader said, "But, overall I am fine." Vij said that he had gone to Panipat a few days ago, where he had spent two-three hours with a BJP leader. That BJP leader has also been found infected with the Corona virus.

The Income Tax Department (IT) on Thursday searched several locations related to Independent MLA Balraj Kundu in Haryana. Kundu has been associated with the farmers' movement. Giving this information, the officials said that several teams of the agency are searching for the documents of Kundu in Rohtak, Gurugram and Hisar for investigation.

According to officials, at the time of the search, Kundu was at his Gurugram residence while his family members were in Rohtak. Kundu is an Independent MLA from Maham Assembly seat in Haryana and is a vocal critic of the Manohar Lal Khattar government in the state. After the 2019 assembly elections, Kundu supported the BJP-JJP government in the state, but later withdrew.

The agitators are also giving free food to the farmers

He is also giving free food to the agitating farmers along the Delhi-Haryana Tikri border, where the farmers have been sitting on dharna against the agricultural laws for almost three months. He has also been taking part in the farmer mahapanchayats of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait in Haryana.

At the same time, police force has been deployed outside the MLA's in-laws. His mother-in-law only lives in the law. His father-in-law has died some time ago. It is being told that simultaneous raids have been conducted at the residence of 40 relatives of MLA Kundu in the entire state. The team of Income Tax Department is being told of Jalandhar and Gurugram.