India offers COVID vaccines to Caribbean, Latin America |
India`s Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on 1st December offered to send COVID-19 vaccines to Latin American and Caribbean countries. He said India is ready to supply Covishield and Covaxin. India was the first nation to come to Caribbean countries with COVID-19 vaccines. Many countries in the region started their vaccination efforts with the help of India`s Vaccine Maitri initiative that provides vaccines to low-income countries. Many Caribbean countries such as St Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, St Lucia, Grenada and Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda benefited from India`s vaccine initiative. Indian Health Ministry said around 1.2 billion doses have been given in India. The data showed that 82 percent of Indians took at least one dose of vaccination, and 44 percent of Indians were fully vaccinated. The Health Minister said, “India is inspired by the theory of `Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam` (the world is a family), which motivated us to supply Covid-19 vaccines, hydroxychloroquine, and other pharmaceuticals to all our friends. Moreover, India is ready to provide Covishieldand Covaxin to all countries. Mutual recognition of vaccines raises the travel hope for tourism and business, thus increasing the financial recovery that the entire world so desperately requires, the minister said. With its expertise in information technology, India immediately introduced the CoWIN platform for its vaccination program. He said India had shared the technology with partners and would help all countries build their vaccines.
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