Guyana received 80,000 doses of the Made in India COVID-19 vaccine under the ‘Vaccine Maitri’ program on March 7, Sunday. High Commission of India in Guyana tweeted, “Guyana Prime Minister Mark Phillips and High Commission of India to Guyana Dr. KJ Srinivas receives Indian gift of 80,000 Made in India Covishield vaccine – evidence of friendship hand of India. “
The appointment came after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted about the successful delivery of the Made in India vaccines. “Friendship across oceans. Guyana gets Made in India vaccines,” he wrote.
The supply comes at a time when the total number of cases in Guyana has reached 8,772, and about 200 people have lost their lives.
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Maitri vaccine
India’s immunization program, which was started about a month ago, aims to help poor countries in the midst of a global pandemic. In this short time, the country has delivered approximately 45.6 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech indigenous vaccine, of which 38.47 million dose as commercial supplies and 7.12 million doses. it was given to about 45 countries.
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Neighbor Bangladesh, which received 9 million doses of COVID vaccines- 7 million doses as commercial supplies and 2 million doses as grant aid, on January 21 and 5 million and 2 million additional doses of commercial supplies on 25 January and 22 February. the main recipient. Morocco emerged as the second largest recipient with a commercial supply of 2 million, 4 million and 1 million doses of the vaccine on January 22, February, 11 and February 24, respectively.
Some other countries that have received India vaccine vaccinations include Brazil, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
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(Results from ANI)