Updated Jan 21, 2021 | 21:24 IST
The fire, which broke out at 2.45 pm on the fourth and fifth floors of the building, was brought under control in two hours. Viral visuals from the site showed smoke billowing out from the Serum Institute Workers of Serum Institute of India come out of the building after fire broke out in it in Pune on Thursday | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Five men died after a fire broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building in the Serum Institute of India s Manjari premises in Pune on Thursday. Covishield vaccine production won t be hit due to the fire, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said.
India COVID-19 Vaccine: The consignment was brought was brought to the facility in Mumbai around 5.30 am.
Mumbai:
The first batch of 1.39 lakh doses of the Covishield, the Serum Institute of India s coronavirus vaccine, arrived in Mumbai early this morning from Pune.
The consignment will be delivered across the city at designated vaccination centers for the inoculation drive set to begin on Saturday, Mumbai s civic body BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) said in a statement.
The civic body said that the consignment containing 1,39,500 doses of the vaccine was brought from the Serum Institute of India s Pune factory under the security of two police vehicles around 5.30 am. A puja was performed, along with the traditional breaking of coconuts, once the vehicle reached the storage facility in Panvel.