Gowda cited the Central government's directive, according to which hospitals have been asked to accept old currencies till November 24, but in vain.
The woman and Althaf had been friends on Instagram for the last three months and both belonged to the same town (Karkala).
The vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D, showed a "strong immune response" in animal studies, and the antibodies produced were able to completely neutralise the wild type virus, Zydus said. The 12 institutes have been asked by the ICMR to fast track clinical trials of the vaccine as it is being considered as one of the top priority projects which are being monitored at the topmost level of the government.