We have supplied more vaccines globally than having vaccinated our own people, India tells the UN
New Delhi: India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu on Friday stated India’s vaccine supply to the world. K Nagaraj in his speech at UN general assembly said that “India has supplied more COVID-19 vaccines globally than vaccinated its own people.”
“While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist, the year 2021 began on a positive note with the global scientific community coming up with multiple vaccines to contain the pandemic,” Naidu said.
India was one of the initiators of the ‘Political Declaration on Equitable Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines’ that garnered the support of more than 180 UN member states.
India has provided coronavirus vaccines to around 75 countries so far and exported 60 million doses.
On India’s vaccine supply, Naidu said that “While the vaccine challenge has been resolved, we are now confronted with ensuring the availability, accessibility, affordability, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Lack of global cooperation and disparity in the accessibility of vaccines will affect the poorest nations the most.”
The vaccine Covishield is the version of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India. Covaxin is the indigenously developed vaccine by pharma company Bharat Biotech.
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