Narendra Modi to interact with Gennova Biopharma, Biological E and Dr. Reddy’s teams

In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Tomorrow, on 30th November 2020, PM @narendramodi will interact, via video conferencing, with three teams that are involved in developing a COVID-19 vaccine. The teams he will interact with are from Gennova Biopharma, Biological E and Dr. Reddy’s."

Meanwhile, the Serum Institute will apply within two weeks for an emergency license to use the coronavirus vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and pharma giant AstraZeneca, the Indian vaccine maker's chief Adar Poonawalla said on Saturday after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"As of now, we don't have anything in writing with the government of India on how many doses they will purchase but the indication is that it would be 300-400 million doses by July 2021," he told reporters at a press conference.

"We are in the process of applying in the next two weeks for the emergency use," he added.

PM Modi on Saturday visited Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad and Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad to know more about the indigenous DNA based vaccine being developed by Zydus Cadila as well as the vaccine candidate by Bharat Biotech.