Caribbean nations cheer India, Modi for Covid vaccines |
Leaders of the Caribbean nations have extolled Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching an exemplary initiative to help other nations get stronger during the global health crisis. India has sent the Oxford Astra-Zeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India to five Caribbean nations. There are a total of 175 thousand jabs of the Covishield vaccine to help these countries to tackle the global pandemic. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Alfonso Browne on 1st March 2021 thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for demonstrating “ an act of benevolence, kindness and empathy" by sending 175 thousand AstraZeneca vaccines to the Caribbean countries. After receiving the Made-in-India coronavirus vaccines which reached Antigua for Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines and Suriname, Browne said, "Today several Caribbean countries, including Antigua and Barbuda, received 175 thousand AstraZeneca vaccines from India. Of the 175 thousand doses of Covid-19 vaccines, 40,000 were donated to the people of Antigua and Barbuda. For this, we are extremely grateful. PM Narendra Modi has demonstrated perhaps the most significant act of benevolence, kindness, and empathy that was seen in recent times compared to any act of any other leader globally. PM Timothy Harris of St Kitts and Nevis received the Govt of India`s donation of 20,000 vaccines at the St Kitts airport from Indian High Commissioner Dr K J Srinivasa. St Vincent and the Grenadines received 40,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from India under the Vaccine Maitri initiative. A plane carrying the consignment of vaccine doses landed at the international airport at around 12 noon after distributing the vaccines to Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia. St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonzalez personally reached the airport to receive the consignment. This Caribbean nation has reported over 1,550 Covid-19 cases and eight deaths. Earlier, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said in a tweet, "Keeping our CARICOM commitment. Made in India vaccines arrive at Antigua for Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines and Suriname."
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