Coronavirus: fire hits world’s biggest vaccine maker in India; Japan’s Tokyo sees more than 30,000 cases in a month

Fire tore through part of the world’s biggest vaccine production hub in western India on Thursday, but the company insisted that the production of drugs to counter the coronavirus pandemic was not affected.Serum Institute of India is producing millions of doses of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.Television channels showed thick clouds of grey smoke billowing from the sprawling site in Pune.Just heard there was a fire at #SerumInstituteofIndia …

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