Madras High Court declines to halt use of COVISHIELD vaccine without "clinching evidence"

The Court was dealing with a petition filed by a Chennai-based business consultant who claims that he has suffered severe side effects due to a dose of COVISHIELD in its third phase.
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The Madras High Court on Friday declined to halt the administration of Serum Institute's COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine opining that there should be clinching evidence to substantiate the petitioner's allegations that the vaccine is unsafe, before the Court can pass a direction to stop its use.

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