A fire broke out at the Serum Institute in Pune, which manufactures the Covishield vaccine. 5 people died in the incident, compensation of Rs 25 lakh was announced to the families of the deceased.
A massive fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in the new building of the Serum Institute of India, which makes the Covishield Vaccine. The fire broke out in the new under construction building of the institute near Terminal 1 gate. 5 people died in this accident, at the moment the fire has been controlled.
Names of 5 people killed in Serum Institute of India:
1) Mahendra Ingle, Narhe, Pune
2) Ramashankar Harijan, Uttar Pradesh
3) Bipin Saroj, Uttar Pradesh
4) Sushil Kumar Pandey, Bihar
5) Prateek Pashte, Pune
Cyrus S., Chairman and Managing Director of 5 people killed in a fire at the Serum Institute of India Poonawala has said that “Today is a very sad day for all of us at the Serum Institute of India. Sadly, our under-installation facility suffered a loss of life and property. Located in the Special Economic Zone in Manjari We are deeply saddened and express our condolences to the families of the deceased. In this regard, we will offer a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to each family, in addition to the mandatory amount as per norms.
Covishield Vaccine is safe!
It is believed that it will not have any effect on the construction of Covishield. The reason for this is that this fire started in the new building, which is under construction. The serum institute has issued a statement that this building is far from the plant with CovidShield.
Relief and rescue operations
According to the information, the building where the fire took place is just a short distance from the place where the Vaccine was built. Fierce smoke was seen in the photographs of the spot. 15 fire personnel reached the spot to control the fire. Local officials, including the police, immediately started relief and rescue operations. However, the entire incident was also monitored by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Maharashtra CMO tweeted information
The Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has tweeted that CM Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray is in touch with Pune Municipal Commissioner and is taking complete ground updates. He has directed the state machinery to coordinate and ensure that the situation is under control.
CM Uddhav Thackeray (Uddhav Thackeray) has spoken to the corporation commissioner, while the cabinet minister in Maharashtra government Rajendra Shingne has said that ’till now the information that has come to me, it has come to know that this fire has not started where Covid. A vaccine was made. Rather it is where the BCG vaccine is made. For now, more information about this is yet to come.
At the same time, the 5 people killed in a fire at the Serum Institute has also issued a statement and told that this building is away from the plant with covidshield, meaning that the corona vaccine covidshield is safe. Let us tell you that the Covishield vaccine was created by the Serum Institute of India in partnership with Oxford University and the British-Swedish pharma firm AstraZeneca.
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