Total five people killed in the massive fire outbursts in three upper floors of newly constructed six-storey building inside one of the campuses of Serum Institute of India (SII). Serum Institute of India, which stands out in the world for its global supplies of vaccines against the novel coronavirus. SII CEO Adar Poonawalla told The Indian Express that the fire has caused a lot of damage.
We have just received some distressing updates; upon further investigation we have learnt that there has unfortunately been some loss of life at the incident. We are deeply saddened and offer our deepest condolences to the family members of the departed.
— Adar Poonawalla (@adarpoonawalla) January 21, 2021
He also added by saying that the fire in the upper storeys of the building didn’t affected the production and distribution of Covishield, the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid19 vaccine that Serum Institute of India has been manufacturing under licence.
After a misfortune accident when five bodies were discovered, Adar Poonawalla said in a tweet assuring about vaccines, “I would like to reassure all governments and the public that there would be no loss of Covishield production due to multiple production buildings that I had kept in reserve to deal with such contingencies….”
I would like to reassure all governments & the public that there would be no loss of #COVISHIELD production due to multiple production buildings that I had kept in reserve to deal with such contingencies at @SerumInstIndia. Thank you very much @PuneCityPolice & Fire Department
— Adar Poonawalla (@adarpoonawalla) January 21, 2021
Out of five bodies, two of them were from Uttar Pradesh, one from Bihar and rest two were local people. None of them were employees of Serum Institute of India.
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