Under India’s Vaccine Maitri initiative, a shipment of 870,000 vaccines are going to attain Mexico quickly. These vaccines will attain there on Sunday (February 14, 2021) and will assist that nation in its vaccination programme.
In his weekly briefing, official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Anurag Srivastava, stated that so far India has supplied a total of 229.7 lakh doses to the international neighborhood.
“While 165 lakh doses have been sent on a commercial basis, 64.7 lakh doses have been supplied as grant,” added the spokesperson.
Vaccine doses to Mexico
It is going on industrial basis. The consignment reaching today is the very first batch and this will be followed by an additional one which will be bigger than this next month. According to officials, Mexico will get pretty much two million doses of vaccines from India on a industrial basis.
Vaccine doses to Argentina
Argentina is also going to get vaccine doses from India on a industrial basis quickly. Though there is no set date for the vaccines to be sent to that nation, it is anticipated to attain there later next week.
The South American nation is receiving about 580,000 COVIDHIELD vaccines from Serum Institute of India (SII) which will be transported by way of DHL. And more are anticipated to be sent in March. Argentina is currently receiving 400,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine from Moscow. The vaccines are going to be applied for the wellness personnel and the regional population more than 70 years of age.
Vaccine doses to Central American nation Nicaragua
Nicaragua in Central America is also set to get vaccine doses from India on grant basis, confirmed a senior officer. Almost half a million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine are anticipated to attain that nation in the coming week which will be applied for vaccinating its regional population.
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As reported earlier, the following nations have received supplies as gifts: Bahrain (1 Lakh), Oman (1 lakh), Afghanistan (5 Lakhs), Barbados (1 Lakh), Bangladesh (20 Lakhs), Myanmar (17 Lakhs), Nepal (10 Lakhs), Bhutan (1.5 Lakhs), Maldives (1 Lakh), Mauritius (1 Lakh), Seychelles (50000),Sri Lanka ( 5 Lakhs), and Dominica (70000).
Commercial Basis
The nations who received the vaccine doses on industrial basis include things like Brazil (20 Lakhs), Egypt (50000), Algeria (50000), South Africa (10 Lakhs), Kuwait (2 Lakhs) and UAE (2 Lakhs), Morocco (60 Lakhs), Bangladesh (50 lakhs), and Myanmar (20 lakhs). Canada will be getting quickly.
More nations are anticipated to cover in a phased manner more than the coming weeks when India will send supplies of the vaccines to nations in CARICOM and Pacific Island states, Africa, and Latin America.
According to the MEA official spokesperson, “The supplies of these vaccines will be calibrated as per domestic production and the requirements of the national vaccination programme.”