Afghanistan To Obtain five Lakh Doses Of Covid Vaccines From India Quickly
India has been supplying Covid vaccines to international locations below Vaccine Maitri programme (Representational)
New Delhi:
Afghanistan will quickly obtain 5 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccine from India, stated Tahir Qadiry, Afghanistan’s Price d’Affaires, on Monday.
“Within the continuation of admirable humanitarian gesture and bilateral bonhomie, India will quickly ship 500,000 doses of vaccine to Afghanistan,” Mr Qadiry stated in a tweet.
“This may increasingly expedite our efforts to take on this clinical emergency. Immensely grateful to our allies,” he added.
Until now, India has equipped COVID-19 vaccines made within the nation, below the initiative of Vaccine Maitri programme, to neighbouring international locations together with Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Closing week, Anurag Srivastava, Ministry of Exterior Affairs Spokesperson, stated at a press briefing that provides as grant help to Sri Lanka and Afghanistan might be undertaken after receiving affirmation of regulatory clearances from those two international locations.
Contractual provides also are being undertaken to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Morocco, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
India had previous equipped hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir and paracetamol drugs, in addition to diagnostic kits, ventilators, mask, gloves and different clinical provides to numerous international locations amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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