Photos: India's PM Narendra Modi visits Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute of India and Zydus Biotech COVID-19 vaccine facilities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited the manufacturing facilities of Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) in Hyderabad, Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune and Zydus Cadila's research centre in Ahmedabad to review the development of COVID-19 vaccine candidates.

Modi interacted with scientists and company officials at Biotech, which is collaborating with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for an indigenous COVID-19 vaccine using the virus strain isolated by ICMR's National Institute of Virology (NIV) based in Pune.

Modi arrives in Hyderabad, to visit Bharat Biotech facility to review COVID19 vaccine development.

Ahmedabad was the first stop in Prime Minister's three city tour today, to personally review the vaccine development and manufacturing process in the country.

He visited pharma major Zydus Cadila's research centre the Zydus Biotech Park in Changodar industrial area, over 20 km from Ahmedabad and took stock of the development of its vaccine candidate 'ZyCoV-D'.

While praising the efforts of the team of Zydus Cadila, Prime Minister Modi said the government of India is actively working with them to support them.

"Visited the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad to know more about the indigenous DNA based vaccine being developed by Zydus Cadila. I compliment the team behind this effort for their work. Government of India is actively working with them to support them in this journey," Prime Minister Modi tweeted.

Modi arrives in Pune to visit the Serum Institute of India (SII) to review COVID-19 vaccine development.

Modi visits the Serum Institute of India, in Pune.

Modi interacts with the staff at Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune. SII has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University for the vaccine candidate 'Covidshield'.

Modi reviews the development of COVID19 vaccine candidate ZyCOV-D at Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad.

Modi interacts with the scientists at Bharat Biotech facility during his 3 city visit to review COVID-19 vaccine development work, in Hyderabad.

Modi visits Serum Institute of India (SII) to review COVID-19 vaccine development in Pune.

Modi reviews the development of COVID19 vaccine candidate ZyCOV-D at Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad.

People, near Zydus Biotech Park, greet Prime Minister Modi on his arrival to review the development of COVID-19 vaccine ZyCOV-D, in Ahmedabad.