ICMR clarifies move to fast-track covid vaccine, says no deadline fixed
(WorldNews Health)

NEW DELHI : Defending its move to fast-track clinical trials to launch the indigenous coronavirus vaccine by 15 August, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday clarified that it only meant to envisage a vaccine by Independence Day and did not fix a deadline for its launch. “Our internal communication is being misinterpreted. We only said that that we envisage to have a vaccine by 15 August and it is not a deadline. We have not said that we will launch a vaccine by then. The process can be expedited but the vaccine still will have to undergo all safety clinical trials,` a senior official from...