ID:
1611224174255031000
Thu, 2021-01-21 10:03
NEW DELHI: A fire broke out Thursday at India’s Serum Institute, the world’s largest maker of vaccines, local TV footage showed, but media reports said production of the coronavirus vaccine was not affected.
Serum Institute is producing millions of doses of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
Television channels showed a huge cloud of grey smoke above the site in Pune in western India. The reports said that the blaze was at a construction site at the large facility.
The Indian firm was not immediately available for comment.
Main category:
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now 
Glassy eyes may help young crustaceans hide from predators in plain sight 
A chemical imbalance doesn’t explain depression. So what does?