Updated March 2nd, 2021 at 08:48 IST
St Lucia in the Caribbean islands receives 25,000 doses of Indian-made Covishield vaccine
Eastern Caribbean Island of St Lucia, on March 1 (local time) received 25,000 doses of Indian made Covishield vaccines. The shipment was received by the PM.
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Eastern Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia, on March 1 (local time) received 25,000 doses of Indian made Covishield vaccines. The shipment was received by the country’s Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, who offered his gratitude to New Delhi for donating the lifesaving vaccine shots. Covishield, manufacture by Serum Institute of India (SII) is the localized name of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
India has dispatched over 36 million doses of domestically produced vaccines to over 25 countries, under its ‘vaccine maitri’ programme. In the aftermath of receiving the Covishield jabs, Chastanet took to twitter to shared photographs of vaccine shipment unloaded from ariplanes. Thank you to Prime Minister @narendramodi and our friends from India for donating 25,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine to Saint Lucia, he wrote in a Twitter post.
Made in India🇮🇳 vaccines arrived in St Lucia received by Prime Minister Chastanet.
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) March 1, 2021
Video Courtesy: Allen Chastanet pic.twitter.com/7JSmN46ADa
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The Maldives inoculated with Indian vaccines
Maldives’ Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) on Saturday said that it has inoculated close to 1 lakh population with the Indian manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Covishield dispatched under India’s generous Vaccine Maitri' initiative. At least 98,511 civilians have been immunized against the deadly coronavirus infection with jabs manufactured by the world’s largest Serum Institute of India (SII). In an official statement, HEOC spokesperson, Dr. Fathmath Nazla Rafeeq said that Maldives commenced the vaccination campaign across the entire island country except for HA Muraidhoo and V Fulidhoo islands, where resources are limited and the population is comparatively low. However, the country plans to dispatch mobile teams in these remote islands to get the civilians vaccinated against COVID-19 soon.
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In similiar news, India sent six lakh doses of domestically produced COVID-19 vaccines to Ghana. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar took to Twittter on February 24 and confirmed that the western African nation had already received the jabs produced by Serum Institute of India (SII) and was ready to begin its mass inoculation. India is one of the few countries to have stepped up efforts to providing free or vaccines at nominal rates to several poor countries across the world, thereby earning WHO's appreciation consistently. Image courtesy: allenmchastanet/twitter
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Published March 2nd, 2021 at 08:48 IST
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