India has developed two corona vaccines and has started corona vaccination on January 16. India is also supplying vaccine to other countries also under the Vaccine Maitri initiative. India has supplied Indian-made COVID-19 vaccines to countries including Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar, and Bangladesh. After many neighbouring countries, Dominica and Barbados on Wednesday received 'Made in India' corona vaccines under the Vaccine Maitri initiative. 

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took to Twitter to share this information. He wrote, "A gesture of goodwill, an example of support. Made in India vaccines arrive in Dominica." Consolidating our Caribbean connect. Barbados receives Made in India vaccines.

India dispatched two consignments of Covishield corona vaccines to the countries of Barbados and Dominica under the Vaccine Maitri initiative. The consignments of vaccines, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) was departed from Mumbai.

Meanwhile, Coronavirus cases rise unabated across the globe, with more than 107.4 million infected by the deadly contagion. While 79,428,653 have recovered, 2,348,727 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 27,793,890, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom. 

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