Executive Director of Serum Institute of India Dr Suresh Jadhav passes away

The Executive Director of Serum Institute of India (SII) Dr. Suresh Jadhav passed away at the age of 72 after a long illness. Dr. Jadhav was known to be instrumental in the development of the Covishield vaccine on COVID-19. The Chief Scientist of WHO Dr. Soumya Swaminathan expressed her condolences via Twitter on the demise of Dr Jadhav.