In pics: Serum Institute of India fire kills five people; SII announces compensation
Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by a number of doses produced and sold globally (more than 1.5 billion doses) which includes Polio vaccine as well as Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hib, BCG, r-Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccines, as per the company's website.
Jan 22, 2021, 00:55 AM IST
Serum Institute of India fire: Five people killed, SII offers compensation of Rs 25 lakh to families; PM Narendra Modi condoles lives lost
Serum Institute of India (SII) has offered compensation of Rs 25 lakh in addition to the mandated amount to families of persons who died in a fire at the company's premises in Pune. Five men died after a fire broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building at the firm's Manjari premises in Pune on Thursday. All were construction workers whose bodies were recovered by fire brigade personnel from the fifth floor..
Jan 21, 2021, 22:59 PM IST
