
New Delhi, Dec 08: 60 heads of foreign mission flown in by the Centre have arrived in India and they would visit Bharat Biotech and Biological E, the two biotech companies that are working on a vaccine against COVID-19.
At Hyderabad, the envoys will be briefed about the progress made by the scientists who are woking on the vaccine, officials tell OneIndia Bharat Biotech has filed for emergency use authorisation of Covaxin. After Pfizer and Serum Institute of India (SII), Bharat Biotech became the third company to seek such regulatory approval.