A nurse holds a vial of Covishield, AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine made by India's Serum Institute. MUMBAI: A fire broke out on Thursday at India's Serum Institute, the world's largest maker of vaccines, but a source said production of the coronavirus vaccine was not affected.
Television channels showed thick clouds of grey smoke billowing from the site in Pune in western India.The Serum Institute is producing millions of doses of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. "It is not going to affect production of the COVID-19 vaccine," a source at the Serum Institute told AFP, adding that the blaze was at a new plant under construction."We have no other information... on the extent of the fire or whether anyone is trapped," the official said.In January, Indian regulators approved two vaccines - Covishield, produced by the Serum Institute, and Covaxin, made by local firm Bharat Biotech.
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