India to receive 16 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from the US
New Delhi: The US government on Monday announced its plan to share 55 million Covid-19 vaccine doses of 80 million doses. The US President Joe Biden promised to share the Covid-19 doses with the world.
In an official statement, the White House confirmed that among the 55 million doses, around 41 million will be shared through COVAX, including approximately 14 million doses for Latin America and the Caribbean, approximately 16 million for Asia, and approximately 10 million for Africa.
The beneficiaries in Asia will be India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and others.
The White House had detailed the plan for the first tranche of 25 million doses earlier this month.
The allocation plan for the 55 million doses is the remaining portion of the Joe Biden administration’s overall framework to share 80 million doses globally by the end of June.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday that the delay of the vaccine shipments was caused by logistical challenges.
The first day of the Centre’s new vaccine policy turned out to be a blockbuster vaccination day for India as the country administered 85,96,807 jabs on Monday.
Government officials said this is the highest single-day vaccination number in the world and India has nearly vaccinated the population of Israel or twice the population of New Zealand in a single day.
The Central government and states government planned to vaccinate maximum citizens and residents of India before the third wave coming.
