New Delhi: According to the MEA official sources, the visit of the foreign heads of missions in India to Hyderabad is being organised as part of MEA’s Covid-19 briefing initiative. The tour will be followed by visits to facilities in other cities, they said.

In first such initiative, over 60 foreign envoys will be taken to Hyderabad-based leading biotech companies Bharat Biotech and Biological E on Wednesday in view of growing global interest in vaccine development programme in India against Covid- 19, official sources said on Tuesday.

Asserting that India has been contributing significantly to global efforts against Covid-19 pandemic, a source said, “There is a lot of interest in India’s vaccine development efforts. More than 60 HoMs are being taken to leading biotech companies in, Hyderabad, Bharat Biotech and Biological E”.

India has already announced that its vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and it will also help countries in enhancing their cold chain and storage capacities. “India is the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer. As the Prime Minister said India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis,” the source added.