India has delivered more than 36 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to various countries, of which 6.75 million doses have been provided as assistance, a Foreign Ministry (MEA) spokesman said on Thursday.
“To date, we have provided a total of 36,194,000 doses to different countries. This includes 6,750,000 doses provided under the subsidized assistance and 29,444,000 doses under various trade contracts,” said Anurag Srivastava, the carrier. of MY word.
India is the world’s largest producer of vaccines and is committed to donating millions of doses to neighboring countries. The country’s Serum Institute produces the vaccine developed in the UK by AstraZeneca for domestic use and export.
The supply of vaccines to countries will continue gradually in the coming weeks and months, while ensuring that internal requirements for the national vaccination program are taken into account, he added.
India has sent lots of doses of Covid-19 vaccine to countries such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Oman, Afghanistan, Barbados and Dominica.
India has also provided locally manufactured vaccines to all members of the diplomatic corps (foreign missions) and their families based in the country, Srivastava said.
“It has been offered not only to diplomats in countries but also to UN agencies and intergovernmental organizations working in India. This action will cover all locations where it is located,” he said.
Countries that have received vaccines under commercial contracts include Brazil, Morocco, Myanmar, Egypt, Algeria, South Africa, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
New daily cases in India have declined, from a peak of more than 90,000 infections in September to just over 10,000 a day in February. On February 9, the capital Delhi reported zero virus deaths for the first time in almost nine months, according to COVID19INDIA, a website that aggregates Covid-19 data from official sources.