By Parikshit Luthra Jan 20, 2021 2:20:32 PM IST (Updated)
Bhutan and Maldives are the first countries to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from India as a goodwill gesture. Bhutan was sent 1.5 lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine, these have being procured by the government from the Serum Institute of India.
Bhutan and Maldives are the first countries to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from India as a goodwill gesture. Bhutan was sent 1.5 lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine, these have being procured by the government from the Serum Institute of India.
Maldives will also receive 1 lakh doses of Covishield later today. These have been granted free of cost to these countries as a goodwill gesture.
The same gesture is going to be extended to Bangladesh tomorrow. Nepal, Myanmar, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius would receive the vaccine in a few days.
Sources said exports in the first phase to some of these key partners would go as grants in aid as a goodwill gesture and following that there would be commercial deals to be honoured.
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