Ahmedabad: Cadila Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest pharma companies in the country. has shut down its manufacturing plant in Ahmedabad after 26 employees tested positive for COVID-19.
All the 95 employees at the plant are under quarantine and sanitization work has begun in the plant.
“Recently, 26 of our employees from our Dholka manufacturing facility tested positive for COVID-19. Following this, we have closed our operations on our own,” a company statement said on Thursday.
According to government officials, five employees had tested positive for the virus six days back. Thereafter, 30 more employees were tested and 21 of them were found positive this week.
Cadila is also in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and has manufacturing facilities in other parts of India and in Ethiopia.
Berhampur: Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha’s Ganjam district has emerged as a major rookery for… Read More
Delhi/Mumbai: Twin tragedies in Delhi and Mumbai claimed the lives of a pair of 18-month-old… Read More
Jajpur: A total of 894 ineligible people fraudulently received benefits under an old-age pension scheme… Read More
Bhubaneswar: The International Conference on Recent Advances in Nanomedicine brought together more than 500 participants,… Read More
New Delhi: In a recent statement that has stirred political conversations, Shashi Tharoor reaffirmed his… Read More
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at critics of the Mahakumbh Mela at a… Read More
This website uses cookies.
