PM Modi to visit Zydus' COVID-19 vaccine development centre in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit pharma major Zydus Cila's plant near Ahmedab on Saturday to get information about development of its COVID-19 vaccine, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Friday.

Zydus Cila's plant is situated at Changodar industrial area near Ahmedab city.

drugmaker h earlier anunced that phase-I clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D, has been completed and it has commenced phase-II clinical trials from August.

"PM Narendra Modi will be on a brief visit of Gujarat on Saturday, during which, he will visit Zydus Cila's facility to get first-hand information about progress me by company so far in terms of development of a vaccine against coronavirus," Patel said.

An official said that prime minister is likely to arrive at plant around 9.30 am.

From Ahmedab, Modi is expected to visit Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University for a COVID-19 vaccine. 

(Im: PTI)