Covid 19 Vaccine progress in India Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a three-city tour today to review the progress of Covid-19 vaccine development in India. PM Modi visited Ahmedabad, Pune and Hyderabad – three cities where research and development of Indian vaccine candidates are being done. PM Modi first reached Ahmedabad as part of his three-city visit to review coronavirus vaccine development work at facilities in the city. PM visited pharma major Zydus Cadila’s plant near Ahmedabad to get information about its vaccine development, the official said.
The phase-I clinical trial of Zydus Cadilla’s vaccine candidate ZyCoV-D is over and the pharma company commenced phase-II clinical trials from August. After Ahmedabad, PM flew to Hyderabad where he visited vaccine maker Bharat Biotech’s facility. Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is undergoing phase-3 trials. After spending an hour in Hyderabad, PM proceeded to Pune to visit the Serum Institute of India (SII), which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and the Oxford University for the vaccine.
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According to news agency ANI, PM Modi has reached the Serum Institute of India for vaccine review.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed about the progress of indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, which is being developed by Bharat Biotech at its facility in Hyderabad in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Virologyis. The vaccine is currently going under Phase 3 trials. “Congratulated scientists for their progress in the trials so far. Their team is closely working with ICMR to facilitate speedy progress,” Modi tweeted after the visit, as reported by ANI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Hyderabad. He will visit Bharat Biotech facility to review the development work of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin. In the morning, he visited Zydus Cadila’s manufacturing plant in Ahmedabad.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday, Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyariand Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will not be able to join the PM, said a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Maharashtra. PM Modi is on a three-city visit today to review the progress work of the Covid-19 vaccine. READ MORE
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent over an hour at Zydus Cadila’s manufacturing facility near Ahmedabad. Wearing a PPE kit, he reviewed the vaccine development process at the Zydus Cadila research centre, reported PTI. READ MORE
From the airport, PM Modi proceeded to pharma major Zydus Cadila’s plant near Ahmedabad to get information about its vaccine development, an official said.READ MORE
With 41,322 new infections, India’s COVID-19 caseload increased to 93,51,109, according to the data from the Union Health Ministry; death toll tol1 also rose to 1,36,200 after India reported 485 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The number of total discharged cases surged to 87,59,969 with 41,452 new discharges in the last 24 hours. The country still has 4,54,940 active Covid-19 cases.READ MORE