The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday dispelled rumours that Covid-19 vaccines cause infertility, saying that most of the people who receive the shots do not face any side-effects post inoculation, but it does not mean that the jabs are not effective. Covid-19 vaccines do not cause infertility, the ministry said in a statement. "At least six different types of Covid-19 vaccines will be available in India soon. We expect to procure 30-35 crore doses in a month to be able to vaccinate 1 crore persons in a day," the ministry said.

N.K. Arora, Chairman, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in India (NTAGI), said: "When the polio vaccine came and was being administered in India and other parts of the world, this sort of a rumour had spread at that time too. At that time, a misinformation was created that children who are getting polio vaccine may face infertility in the future. "This sort of wrong information is spread by the anti-vaccine lobby. We should know that all vaccines go through intense scientific researches."