At a time when India has began its personal vaccination drive (mentioned to be biggest in the planet) against COVID-19 infection, the nation has stepped up equally to assistance its neighbouring nations. On January 20 this year, India began handing out no cost vaccine doses to Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives and Bhutan and in just 3 days, more than 3.2 million doses have been sent to these 4 nations. The nation will also be donating more vaccine vials to Seychelles, Mauritius, Myanmar and agreements with Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are also in location.
From the appears of it, the robust vaccine manufacturing market of India has led the nation to aid not only persons living in India but also persons living in other nations. On January 19, Indian government notified that various requests have been produced for the provide of Indian manufactured vaccines from neighbouring as effectively as essential companion nations. Therefore, in order to respond to these requests, the nation began to COVID-19 vaccination which is also in line with “India’s stated commitment to use India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity to help all of humanity fight the Covid pandemic,” the government mentioned.
It is to note that India has been sending out the vaccination created by Oxford-AstraZeneca and is manufactured on a massive scale by Serum Institute of India.
: Coronavirus: Brazil President Bolsonaro thanks PM Modi for COVID vaccines
On Friday, India also sent 2 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to Brazil. As the consignment reached Brazilian borders, President Jair M Bolsonaro took to Twitter to thank Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for vaccine export. Bolsonaro mentioned that he is honoured to have such partnership with India that will aid to overcome a international obstacle by joining efforts. “Thank you for assisting us with the vaccine exports from India to Brazil. Dhanyavaad,” Bolsonaro tweeted.
To be confident, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and South Africa are also below India’s list for industrial supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine doses. The work has also been lauded by the United States. The South and Central Asia Bureau of the US State Department also took to Twitter and mentioned “We applaud India’s role in global health, sharing millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine in South Asia. India’s free shipments of vaccines began with Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal and will extend to others.”
The World Health Organisation also appreciation Indian work to send out vaccines. “Thank you, India & Prime Minister Narendra Modi for your continued support to global COVID-19 response. Only if we act together, including sharing of knowledge, can we stop this virus and save lives and livelihoods,” mentioned Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO.
Meanwhile, back in India, more than 7.86 lakh healthcare workers so far, have been vaccinated amongst the 3 crore target set by the government in the initial phase of vaccination drive.