Fatal fire at India’s Serum Institute that produces AstraZeneca vaccine
At least five people are dead, but the institute’s CEO and owner says vaccine production will not be affected
21 January 2021 - 17:50
New Delhi — A big fire at the Serum Institute of India (SII) has killed five people, a government official has said, but the world’s biggest vaccine maker said it would not affect production of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
Videos and pictures from ANI show black smoke billowing from a multi-storey building in SII’s huge headquarters complex in the city of Pune in Maharashtra state...
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