Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Zydus Cadila plant near Ahmedabad, the Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad and the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune on Saturday to review the Covid-19 vaccine development work there.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) tweeted on Friday about Prime Minister Modi’s visit today to 3 vaccine plants. “Tomorrow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-city visit to personally review the vaccine development and manufacturing process. He will visit the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad, and the Serum Institute of India in Pune.” wrote the PMO on Twitter.
“As India enters a decisive phase in the fight against Covid-19, Prime Minister @narendramodis’s visit to these facilities and discussions with scientists will help him get a first-hand perspective of the preparations, challenges and the roadmap of India’s effort to vaccinate its citizens, “added the PMO.
Here are the live updates from PM Modi’s three-city tour:
- Prime Minister Modi greets the crowd gathered outside the Zydus Biotechnology Park near Ahmedabad during his vaccination review visit on Saturday.
- See: PM Modi reviews vaccine development at the Zydus Cadila facility
- The Prime Minister has arrived at the Zydus Biotechnology Park near Ahmedabad to review the development of the Covid-19 candidate vaccine, ZyCOV-D.
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives today in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad to visit the Zydus Biotechnology Park to review the development of the Covid-19 vaccine at the facility.
- Prime Minister Modi will visit the Zydus Cadila Pharmaceutical Plant near Ahmedabad first to get information on the development of his Covid-19 vaccine. According to reports, PM Modi is likely to arrive at the plant around 9:30 am today.
- The plant is located in the Changodar industrial zone, more than 20 km from Ahmedabad. PM Modi will be at the plant for an hour, according to reports.
- Drug maker Zydus Cadila has announced that the first phase of the clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D, was completed and the second phase of clinical trials began in August.
- PM Modi will fly to Pune from Ahmedabad, where the SII is based. The Serum Institute has partnered with the global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford for a Covid-19 vaccine.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will then travel to Hyderabad and visit the Bharat BioTech facility there, which is working on Covaxin, featured as India’s first indigenous vaccine candidate.
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