'Five dead' in devastating fire at world’s biggest coronavirus vaccine facility

As many as five people have been killed in a fire at the site of the world's largest coronavirus vaccine manufacturer, according to reports. Plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Serum Institute of India (SII) today. Millions of doses of the Covidshield vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, are being produced at the plant. Initial reports suggested that there had been no casualties but Adar Poonawalla, SII's CEO, confirmed there had been 'some loss of life' in a statement. He said: 'Upon further investigation we have learnt that there has unfortunately been some loss of life at the incident.