COVID-19: Sharad Pawar visits vaccine-maker Serum Institute of India

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar visited Serum Institute of India (SII) here on Saturday afternoon.

आज पुण्यातील मांजरी येथील सिरम इन्स्टिट्यूटला भेट दिली. #COVID19 विषाणूला रोखण्यासाठी लस तयार करण्याचे अथक प्रयत्न @SerumInstIndia करीत आहे. जगातील मोठ्या लस उत्पादकांमध्ये कंपनीचा लौकिक आहे. वर्षाला दीड अब्ज लशींचे डोस इथे तयार केले जाऊ शकतात. #CovidVaccine @adarpoonawalla pic.twitter.com/jHIXY7PUN8

— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) August 1, 2020

SII has signed an agreement to manufacture a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by Jenner Institute of Oxford University in collaboration with British-Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca.

Pawar later tweeted about his visit to the company.

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