US applauds India for sharing millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine in South Asia

23-01-2021

On Friday, large consignments of Covishield vaccine doses were flown in special Indian aircraft to Seychelles, Mauritius and Myanmar.
Besides this, contractual supplies are also being undertaken to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Morocco, Bangladesh and Myanmar. �We applaud India�s role in global health, sharing millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine in South Asia. India's free shipments of the vaccine began from Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Nepal & will extend to others. India's a true friend using its pharma to help the global community,� the State SCA (the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in US State Department) said in a tweet. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier stated that India�s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used for the benefit of all humanity to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic. India on January 19 announced its grant assistance of vaccines to the neighbouring countries.