Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three city visit tomorrow to personally review the COVID-19 vaccine development and manufacturing process. The Prime Minister’s Office in a tweet said that PM Modi will visit the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and Serum Institute of India in Pune.

It said, as India enters a decisive phase of the fight against COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to these facilities and discussions with the scientists will help him get a first hand perspective of the preparations, challenges and roadmap in India’s endeavour to vaccinate its citizens.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will first visit the Zydus Cadila Pharmaceutical’s vaccine development facility at Zydus Biotech Park near Ahmedabad tomorrow morning to personally review the Covid vaccine development process.

The Zydus plant which is working on ZyCoV-D, a Covid19 vaccine candidate is located in Changodar area of Ahmedabad Gujarat. A helipad facility has been set up close to the plant for the Prime Minister’s visit.

After his visit to Ahmedabad, the Prime Minister is expected to fly to Pune, to visit the Serum Institute to review the production of corona vaccine COVISHIELD.