KT Rama Rao asks Centre to set up Covid vaccine testing lab in Hyderabad The letter comes in the backdrop of India’s first indigenous vaccine against Covid-19, Covaxin, having been developed in Hyderabad by Bharat Biotech. Share Via Email | A+A A- By Express News Service HYDERABAD: Telangana Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday reiterated his request to the Central government for the establishment of a Vaccine Testing and Certification Laboratory in Hyderabad, on the lines of Central Drug Laboratory in Kasauli. He made the request via a letter addressed to Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan.