PM Modi reviews Covid vaccine progress in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune to review the development and manufacturing process of Covid vaccines at facilities in these cities. In pic: PM Modi greets people, gathered near Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad. (PTI)

Modi began by visiting pharma major Zydus Cadila's manufacturing facility near Ahmedabad. Wearing a PPE kit, he reviewed the vaccine development process at the company's research centre, located over 20 km from Ahmedabad. (PTI)

Modi was extensively briefed about the vaccine work at Zydus Cadila plant by the company officials. He was briefed about the vaccine production procedure. (PTI)

PM Modi, who landed at Ahmedabad at 9:10 am, spent over an hour at the plant, before leaving for the airport, from where he left for Hyderabad at 11:40 am. (PTI)

At Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad, he reviewed the progress of Covaxin, a Covid vaccine candidate being developed by the company. (PTI)

PM Modi also interacted with Bharat Biotech Chairman and Managing Director Krishna Ella, scientists and senior management. He congratulated them for their progress in the trials. (PTI)

At 3:20 pm, PM Modi took off for Pune, where he landed at 4:30 pm on the last leg of his three-city vaccine work review visit. At the Serum Institute of India, Modi reviewed the progress of the 'Covishield' vaccine being made there.(Twitter/@narendramodi)

PM Narendra Modi in his convoy while returning from his visit to the Serum Institute of India on Saturday. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)