Receiving threats… can’t comment on Kumbh or polls: Adar to UK daily

Sunday, 2 May 2021Newsdesk

In an interview to a London newspaper, Adar Poonawalla, head of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII), has complained of receiving threats from politicians and “powerful men” demanding quick delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine that his firm has been producing.

New Delhi, 02 May 2021

As per news report of Indianexpress, Poonawalla also complained of being “vilified and blamed”, and hinted at starting a new vaccine production unit in the United Kingdom. “‘Threats’ is an understatement” to describe what he faced from people demanding “instant supplies” of the vaccine, Poonawalla told The Times in an interview.

Source -indianexpress.com