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Guatemala President thanks India for providing Covishield vaccine doses
28Feb By Mike TrudellNo Comments
USA, World

Guatemala President thanks India for providing Covishield vaccine doses

Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei has thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing 200,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine — which is manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.“Thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the generous donation of 200 thousand doses of vaccines #Covishield that will help us save lives and immunize frontline healthcare workers,” the President wrote on Twitter in Spanish.Along with the tweet, he also shared a picture with the message “! Gracias India!” and “Dhanyavaad Bharat!”“I would like to thank the government, the people of India for this gesture of donating these vaccines as they learned about the difficulties, we have gone through in obtaining vaccines from international suppliers. The government of India did not hesitate to support...
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India hailed globally for providing COVID-19 vaccination assistance
25Feb By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

India hailed globally for providing COVID-19 vaccination assistance

Leaders across the world have lauded the Indian government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the country’s efforts under its ‘Vaccine Maitri’ initiative to fight the covid-19 pandemic.Last month, India had dispatched a consignment of 50,000 doses of Covishield vaccine to Seychelles.Soon after receiving the vaccine, Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan in his state of the nation address on January 22, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for donating the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.“I thank Prime Minister Modi and the Government of India for making us the first African country to which India has donated the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine,” he said.He further said, “We can give this vaccine to all our population including those who are above 60 years so once again thank you very much for help...
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India sends 6 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Sri Lanka, Bahrain
29Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

India sends 6 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Sri Lanka, Bahrain

Under the “Vaccine Maitri” initiative, India on Thursday sent six lakh doses of its coronavirus vaccine, ‘Covishield’, to Sri Lanka and Bahrain.After receiving the vaccines, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tweeted: “Received 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines provided by people of India at BIA today (28). Thank you! PM Shri Narendra Modi and people of India for the generosity shown towards People of Sri Lanka at this time in need.”This comes days after Sri Lanka’s drug regulatory body — National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA)–gave a go-ahead to Oxford Astrazeneca’s vaccine.Bahrain has received 1 lakh Covishield vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) as a gift from India.“Bahrain receives Made-in-India vaccines. A testimony to our long-standing fraternal ties,” tweete...
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Iran to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign soon: Rouhani
23Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

Iran to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign soon: Rouhani

Iran will launch its COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the near future and the use of foreign-made vaccines will be necessary, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday.According to Rouhani, the use of foreign vaccines is a necessity until locally-made ones become available. No further information about what vaccines may be used during the inoculation campaign was provided.Earlier in January, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared a ban on imports of COVID-19 vaccines from the United Kingdom and the United States.Meanwhile, Iranian officials have confirmed that Tehran held negotiations on the potential procurement of vaccines with Moscow, Beijing, and New Delhi.Iran began the human trials of its first domestic coronavirus vaccine in late December and said that no...
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