Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pune, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad on Saturday to review Covid-19 vaccine development work at facilities located in the three cities, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said. He will visit the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad & Serum Institute of India in Pune.

"As India enters a decisive phase of the fight against COVID-19, PM @narendramodis visit to these facilities & discussions with the scientists will help him get a first-hand perspective of the preparations, challenges & roadmap in India's endeavour to vaccinate its citizens," the PMO said in another tweet.

Modi will visit pharma major Zydus Cadila's plant to know more about the company’s vaccine development, Gujarat deputy chief minister Nitin Patel said. The prime minister will reach the plant, located in the Changodar industrial area around 9.30 am, an official said. Zydus Cadila had announced that the phase-I clinical trial of its vaccine candidate ZyCoV-D was over and that it had commenced phase-II clinical trials in August.

Modi will then proceed to Pune, where he will visit the Serum Institute of India. The prime minister will then fly to Hyderabad where he is scheduled to visit vaccine maker Bharat Biotech's facility, an official said. Modi will land at Hakimpet Air Force station and go to Bharat Biotech's facility at Genome Valley around 50 km from Hyderabad. Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is currently undergoing phase-3 trials. The PM will fly back to Delhi in the evening after his hour-long visit to the facility, the official added.

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