SII CEO Adar Poonawalla to get ‘Y’ class safety

Serum Institute of India’s CEO Adar Poonawalla will get ‘Y’ class safety throughout India by the CRPF, the Union authorities officers stated on Wednesday.
The Union authorities’s choice got here after Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), Prakash Kumar Singh had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 16 requesting safety for Poonawalla.
Covishield, one of many two Covid-19 vaccines utilized in India’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, is being manufactured by SII.
In this letter, Singh had said that Poonawalla has been getting threats from varied teams concerning the Covid-19 vaccine provides.
In this letter, Singh additionally stated, “we are working shoulder to shoulder to fight against Covid-19 pandemic with the Government of India under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji.”