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| Fire breaks out at India's Serum Institute, world's biggest vaccine maker (VIDEO) | |
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| A fire has broken out at a production facility belonging to the world’s largest vaccine producer, the Serum Institute of India. The company’s top brass have said Covid vaccine production isn’t impacted. | A fire has broken out at a production facility belonging to the world’s largest vaccine producer, the Serum Institute of India. The company’s top brass have said Covid vaccine production isn’t impacted. |
| On Thursday afternoon, emergency services were called to a plant belonging to the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune, India, after a fire broke out of the fifth floor of the facility. | |
| The company’s Executive Director, Suresh Jadhav, confirmed that the facility in question was used for the production of a BCG vaccine, a jab primarily used against tuberculosis. | |
| The SII is the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer and is currently mass producing AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 jab, Covishield. Jadhav confirmed that the facility where the Covishield vaccine is manufactured is far away from the fire. | |
| The Mayor of Pune’s, Murlidhar Mohol, said a call had been received at 2.50pm local time (09:20 GMT) alerting authorities to the fire. He said ten fire engines and at least two extra tankers were rushed to the incident. | |
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