At a virtual press conference today, organizations of survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal called upon the Prime Minister to immediately stop the ongoing clinical trial of COVAXIN in Bhopal. In a letter to the Prime Minister and the Union Health Minister sent this morning, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha, Bhopal Group for Information and Action and Children Against Dow Carbide have also sought punishment for all responsible parties who were negligent in ensuring the safety, well-being and the rights of the trial participants and monetary compensation for damages caused during the COVAXIN trial in Bhopal.