Rising COVID cases news from China is concerning: SII CEO Adar Poonawala, urges people not to panic
Speaking on China expecting a massive surge in coronavirus cases, he said, "There are some reports. What will you say on China?"
Speaking on China expecting a massive surge in coronavirus cases, he said, "There are some reports. What will you say on China?"
SII chairman was speaking at the event where he received the Lokmanyat Tilak National Award instituted by the Lokmanya Tilak Trust here.
Instead of waiting for the vaccines or raw materials to be made available and delivered from other countries, our own production should be in place. In addition, the establishment of a national centre of excellence in virology for fundamental research on viruses and their cure can place India in a powerful position to fight future epidemics.
With constant encouragement of the government, Serum Institute is ramping up Covishield production of 6.5 crore doses per month to 11.0 crore doses per month
The media reports suggested that the last order placed with the two vaccine makers (100 million doses with SII and 20 million doses with Bharat Biotech) was in March.
Israel’s Mossad was accused of launching clandestine operations to procure large quantity of Covid testing kits.
Earlier this month, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala appealed to Biden to allow the exports of vaccine raw materials.
According to the official statement, five persons, including one woman, had died in the fire and their bodies were found during the cooling operations.
Several fire tenders have reached the spot and are trying to douse the fire.
Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute gates with their precious cargo shortly before 5 am.
