India has developed two corona vaccines to defeat coronavirus. Indian is also supplying vaccines to other countries. India launched the Vaccine Maitri initiative on January 20 to gift COVID-19 vaccines to other countries. India has also supplied vaccines to the Maldives.
India has supplied to the Maldives 100,000 doses of CoviShield (Oxford-Astra Zeneca vaccine) manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India. Abdulla Shahid, the Maldivian Foreign Minister, on Monday received the Indian-made corona vaccine shot. Shahid shared a video in which he is being administered with the first of the two vaccine shots. His Tweet reads, "Today I received the #COVID19 vaccine. Govt of Maldives begins #COVID19 vaccination for all in #Maldives with no discrimination based on nationality. To the Gov't & people of #India who so generously provided the vaccine to #Maldives, a big thank you. May Allah bless us all!."
India launched the Vaccine Maitri initiative on January 20 to gift COVID-19 vaccines to other countries. Earlier, India supplied corona vaccines to neighbouring countries Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh under the Neighbourhood First policy.
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