PM Modi concludes his three-city visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune to review the COVID-19 vaccine development

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28 Nov 2020, 9:18 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set out on a three-city visit on Saturday to review the development work of COVID-19 vaccines. PM Modi first landed in Ahmedabad to visit the Zydus Cadila's plant to get information about their vaccine development.

Zydus Cadila's plant is situated in the Changodar industrial area, which is around 20 KM from Ahmedabad. The mentioned vaccine maker has announced that the phase-I clinical trial of its vaccine candidate ZyCoV-D was over. It has started the phase-II clinical trials of the vaccine from August.

Visited the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad to know more about the indigenous DNA based vaccine being developed by Zydus Cadila. I compliment the team behind this effort for their work. Government of India is actively working with them to support them in this journey. pic.twitter.com/ZIZy9NSY3o
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 28, 2020

After Ahmedabad, PM Modi flew to Hyderabad to review the Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Bharat Biotech is working on Covaxin, which is India's first indigenous vaccine candidate for COVID-19. The Bharat Biotech's facility is located at Genome Valley, which is around 50 KM from Hyderabad. Modi was present in the facility for almost an hour.

At the Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad, was briefed about their indigenous COVID-19 vaccine. Congratulated the scientists for their progress in the trials so far. Their team is closely working with ICMR to facilitate speedy progress. pic.twitter.com/C6kkfKQlbl
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 28, 2020

PM Modi finally visited the Serum Institute of India, Pune. SII has partnered with the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Had a good interaction with the team at Serum Institute of India. They shared details about their progress so far on how they plan to further ramp up vaccine manufacturing. Also took a look at their manufacturing facility. pic.twitter.com/PvL22uq0nl
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 28, 2020

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