PM Modi leaves Pune as vaccine tour concludes

17:57 November 28

PM Modi leaves Pune as vaccine tour concludes

17:25 November 28

PM Modi reviews vaccine plan at SII

PM Modi reviewed vaccine plan at SII, Pune on Saturday evening on the last leg of his three-city visit to vaccine development facilities in India. Modi's visit to SII is aimed at reviewing the progress of the vaccine candidate for coronavirus infection and to know about its launch, production and distribution mechanism.

16:38 November 28

PM Modi arrives at SII in Pune

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer (by doses), in Pune.

16:30 November 28

Maharashtra: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Pune and leaves for Serum Institute of India to review COVID-19 vaccine development.

16:26 November 28

WATCH: PM Narendra Modi greets people gathered outside Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderbad during his vaccine review visit.

15:44 November 28

After Gujarat and Hyderabad, PM flies for SII in Pune

After visiting Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad, the Prime Minister has flown to Pune to visit the Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University for a Covid-19 vaccine.

15:14 November 28

Modi congratulates Bharat Biotech scientists for their progress in trials

PM Narendra Modi was briefed about indigenous COVID-19 vaccine of Bharat Biotech at its facility in Hyderabad on Saturday. 

"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," he tweets.

15:02 November 28

PM Modi leaves Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves Bharat Biotech facility in Genome Valley, Hyderabad, after taking stock of indigenous COVID19 vaccine Covexin development. PM will visit Pune'Serum Institute of India.

14:01 November 28

PM Modi interacted with scientists and developers of Bharat Biotech and discussed the preparation of COVID vaccination.

13:43 November 28

PM reaches Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Genome Valley's Bharat Biotech where he will review the coronavirus vaccine development.

PM will be discussing preparations, challenges and efforts for COVID vaccination with the scientists and developers.

13:14 November 28

PM Modi reaches Hyderabad, to visit Bharat Biotech facility

On his second stop as a part of his three-city visit to review the coronavirus vaccine development, the prime minister reached Hyderabad today.

He is scheduled to visit vaccine maker Bharat Biotech's facility in Hyderabad to check the COVID-19 vaccine development.

Before this, Prime Minister had personally inspected the development and manufacturing process of COVID-19 vaccine candidate ZyCOV-D at the Zydus Biotech Park of the pharma major Zydus Cadila in Ahmedabad.

12:37 November 28

PM's Ahmedabad visit to review vaccine candidate ZyCOV-D concludes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday concluded his visit to Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad after reviewing the development of COVID-19 vaccine candidate ZyCOV-D.

This visit was the first of his three-city tour to personally review the vaccine development and manufacturing process in the country. Prime Minister Modi will now fly to Hyderabad to visit the Bharat Biotech facility.

During his visit to the Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, PM Modi interacted with the scientists at the Biotech Park and also greeted a crowd which gathered outside the plant.

The prime minister is now scheduled to visit vaccine maker Bharat Biotech's facility next. Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is undergoing phase-3 trials.

11:03 November 28

Modi takes stock of COVID-19 vaccine production at Zydus Biotech Park 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday personally inspected the development and manufacturing process of COVID-19 vaccine candidate ZyCOV-D at the Zydus Biotech Park of the pharma major Zydus Cadila in Ahmedabad.

The visit is the first of his three-city tour.

The Prime Minister will now also visit Serum Institute of India in Pune and Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad.

10:17 November 28

Prime Minister Modi arrived at the Zydus Biotech Park to review the development of COVID19 vaccine candidate ZyCOV-D.

Zydus Cadila's plant is in Changodar industrial area near Ahmedabad city. The company had earlier announced that the phase-I clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D, has been completed and it has commenced phase 2 clinical trials from August.

Post that, the Prime Minister will visit the Serum Institute of India (SII), which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and the Oxford University for the vaccine.

The SII is the largest producer of vaccines in the world by volume.

09:07 November 28

PM reaches Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, 9 a.m reachedGujarat's Ahmedabad, to visit the Zydus Biotech Park to review the COVID-19 vaccine development. Later today, the PM will visit Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and Serum Institute of India in Pune.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a three-city visit to personally review the vaccine development and manufacturing process.

08:12 November 28

PM Modi to visit vaccine making units in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune today

New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will embark on a three-city visit to personally review the vaccine development and manufacturing process.

He will visit the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and Serum Institute of India in Pune (Maharashtra), the Prime Minister's Office said. 

"As India enters a decisive phase of the fight against COVID-19, PM Narendra Modi's visit to these facilities and discussions with the scientists will help him get a first-hand perspective of the preparations, challenges and roadmap in India's endeavour to vaccinate its citizens," PMO said.

The chief minister of Gujarat welcomed the Prime Minister and in a tweet said: "The whole world is eyeing the successful manufacture of the Covid vaccine. Millions of Indians are also waiting for it with hope. A warm welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India visiting Ahmedabad himself to review the progress of that vaccine."

Zydus Cadila's plant is in Changodar industrial area near Ahmedabad city.

The company had earlier announced that the phase-I clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D, has been completed and it has commenced phase 2 clinical trials from August.

Post that the Prime Minister is set to visit the Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and the Oxford University for the vaccine.

The SII is the largest producer of vaccines in the world by volume.

The trial movement of the road routes and the landing of Air Force chopper was conducted on Friday. The police security has increased up security ahead of PM Modi's visit.

The prime minister is also scheduled to visit vaccine maker Bharat Biotech's facility in Hyderabad.

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is undergoing phase-3 trials.  

Besides SII, Bharat Biotech has partnered with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for a country-made COVID-19 vaccine using the virus strain isolated by ICMR's National Institute of Virology (NIV) based in Pune.

On November 24, Prime Minister while speaking with chief ministers of various states over the deteriorating pandemic situation in their states at a virtual meeting advised the states to establish cold storage facilities for the Covid-19 vaccine beforehand and suggested them to prepare and send a plan for its distribution to the Central government.