COVID-19 vaccines do not belong to any political party, but humanity, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Saturday, hours after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav termed coronavirus vaccines to be rolled out in the country as "vaccine of the BJP".

Covid vaccines don't belong to any political party, but humanity: Omar Abdullah on Akhilesh's remark

Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has said that he would not take the Covid vaccine shot approved by Indian government's expert panel, calling it a "vaccine of the BJP".

‘How can I trust BJP’s vaccine?’ Akhilesh Yadav says won’t take Covid shot

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said that Indian government had approved emergency use of AstraZeneca/ Oxford University coronavirus vaccine, also known as Covishield in India.

Indian government okays emergency use of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine

The Chinese government has been administering a coronavirus vaccine candidate to selected groups of key workers since July. According to Zheng Zhongwai, the head of National Health Commission potential vaccines has been given to workers in high-risk jobs.

Coronavirus Pandemic: China approved emergency use of potential vaccine since July