Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked World Health Organiation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for lauding India's delivery of Covid-19 vaccine under COVAX facility. The WHO chief had lauded PM Modi's commitment to supporting vaccine equity and sharing Covid-19 vaccines with over 60 countries across the world, hoping that other nations will follow his example. Your commitment to #COVAX and sharing #COVID19 vaccine doses is helping 60 countries start vaccinating their #healthworkers and other priority groups. The doses are a part of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine the country is acquiring through the Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX), which Ghana among nearly 92 countries have signed into. India, the largest drug producer in the world, is currently manufacturing two Covid-19 vaccines- Covishield and Covaxin.

Source: Hindustan Times February 26, 2021 15:42 UTC