Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla.
Pune, January 16\
As the COVID-19 inoculation drive rolled out across India on Saturday, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla joined the healthcare workers in getting the Covishield vaccine shot.
Poonawalla shared a small video of him receiving the jab on Twitter.
"I wish India & Sri @narendramodi ji great success in launching the world's largest COVID vaccination roll-out. It brings me great pride that #COVISHIELD is part of this historic effort & to endorse its safety & efficacy, I join our health workers in taking the vaccine myself," he tweeted.
I wish India & Sri @narendramodi ji great success in launching the world’s largest COVID vaccination roll-out. It brings me great pride that #COVISHIELD is part of this historic effort & to endorse it’s safety & efficacy, I join our health workers in taking the vaccine myself. pic.twitter.com/X7sNxjQBN6
— Adar Poonawalla (@adarpoonawalla) January 16, 2021
Covishield is developed by Oxford University and British-Swedish company AstraZeneca and manufactured by the Pune-based SII.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the world's largest vaccination drive against the pandemic. — PTI
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