A consignment of Covid 19 vaccines has been sent to Afghanistan from Mumbai earlier this morning. This comes a day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India has so far supplied COVID- 19 vaccine to 15 countries and another 25 nations are in the queue at different levels for the jab. Some countries have direct contracts with the Indian vaccine producing companies and have negotiated commercially. India will supply 1 lakh Covishield doses to CambodiaThe Indian government has decided to supply vaccines after Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen's requested Modi for assistance. From January 20 onwards, New Delhi has supplied coronavirus vaccines to several countries including Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Bahrain, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Seychelles and Sri Lanka.

Source: Mint February 07, 2021 04:52 UTC