Fire razes largest Covid-19 vaccine company in India
The fire world’s largest Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute has been gutted by fire in India.
The Institute located in the city of Pune was razed by fire on Thursday.
Millions of doses of the Covishield Covid vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University is being produced by the company.
The cause of the fire is yet to be investigated but local reports have said the fire was sparked at a construction site at the institute.
The institute has been manufacturing a vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca for the country.
The company is also preparing to produce U.S vaccine Novavax Inc., NatureNews gathered.