COVID-19 in Mumbai: KEM, Nair ask ICMR for more vaccine candidates

Before the Oxford vaccine trial was halted, both KEM and Nair hospitals had a target of conducting trials on 160 candidates each. But after the former was resumed last month, as a precautionary measure, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) decided to reduce the number of candidates to 100 for both the hospitals. Having...