Five people died in the fire on Thursday at one of the facilities of the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, located in western India, from which they will export coronavirus vaccines to countries like Brazil.
“Five people have died” in the fire, Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol, the Indian city where the plant is located, told reporters.
Indian television showed a huge gray smoke over the headquarters of the Serum Institute of India in Pune (west). where millions of doses of the covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University are currently being produced. However, according to the chains, the fire was declared in a place that is under construction, away from the facilities where vaccines are manufactured.
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“The vaccine production facility was not affected and this will not affect production,” a source at the Serum Institute of India told AFP, adding that “the fire occurred at the new factory under construction. “.
‘Vaccine production facility was not affected and this will not affect production’
“We have sent six or seven fire trucks to the site. At the moment, we have no further information on the extent of the fire or whether anyone was trapped,” a local fire station official said. “Police teams arrived at the scene“He told Pune police.
India is the second most affected country 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: the Covishield, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and produced by the Serum Institute of India; and Covaxin, manufactured by local company Bharat Biotech.
India on Saturday launched one of the world’s most ambitious vaccination campaigns, to immunize 300 million people by July.
AFP
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