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The fire that was registered this Thursday in the Serum Institute of India, considered the largest manufacturer of vaccines in the world, would not affect the production of vaccines because, according to Infobae, which cites the NDTV chain, the factory is far from the emergency.
Indian television showed a huge gray smoke over the institute’s headquarters, located in the city of Pune (western India), where Millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are currently being produced developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
The following video has been known about the emergency:
It looks like a huge fire at the Serum Institute of India, the maker of the Covishield vaccine. Hope everyone is safe.
pic.twitter.com/4h92dx9WTO– Anand Ranganathan (@ ARanganathan72) January 21, 2021
So far, no injuries are reported, but Times Now I indicate that 9 people were rescued and that the fire has already been controlled.
The firefighters, according to that medium, They found no victims on the first trip they made to the scene of the emergency.
People passing by, also witnessed the fire and recorded videos like this:
Pray for India
Pray from the Serum Institute 🤞😳– Sameet Thakkar (thakkar_sameet) January 21, 2021
India is the second country most affected by COVID-19, after the United States, with more than 10 million reported cases, although its mortality rate is one of the lowest in the world.
In early January, two vaccines were approved; Covishield, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford and produced by the Serum Institute of India; and Covaxin, manufactured by the local company Bharat Biotech.
India launched one of the world’s most ambitious vaccination campaigns on Saturday, to immunize 300 million people through July.
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