Modi to visit Bharat Biotech facility
Company conducting phase-III clinical trials of vaccine
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Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting vaccine maker Bharat Biotech's facility here on Saturday as part of his three-city tour to take stock of the Covid-19 vaccine development work in the country.
Modi is scheduled to land at the Hakimpet Air Force Station at around 4 pm and from there he will reach Bharat Biotech's facility at Genome Valley, where the work is underway on Covaxin, India's first indigenous vaccine for coronavirus being developed by the company in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The Prime Minister will go around the facility to understand the vaccine development process and the preparations by the Bharat Biotech to manufacture the doses in large numbers once the vaccine gets approval from the authorities concerned.
The Bharat Biotech officials will explain to the Prime Minister various aspects of the vaccine development and their rollout plans. The company is currently conducting phase-III clinical trials of the vaccine at various centres across the country.
