Hope other countries follow your example: WHO chief lauds Modi

Doses were supplied as gifts to

Bangladesh (20 lakh),

Myanmar (17 lakh),

Nepal (10 lakh),

Bhutan (1.5 lakh),

Maldives (1 lakh),

Mauritius (1 lakh),

Seychelles (50,000),

Sri Lanka (5 lakh),

Bahrain (1 lakh),

Oman (1 lakh),

Afghanistan (5 lakh),

Barbados (1 lakh)

Dominica (70,000)

Geneva, February 26

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment for supporting vaccine equity and sharing Covid-19 vaccines with over 60 countries across the world, hoping that other nations will follow his example.

In a tweet, Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, said India’s support in supplying its vaccines was helping over 60 countries to begin the vaccination process.

“Thanks India & Prime Minister @narendramodi for supporting #VaccinEquity. Your commitment to #COVAX and sharing #COVID19 vaccine doses is helping 60 countries start vaccinating their #healthworkers and other priority groups. I hope other countries will follow your example,” he said in the tweet.

India on Wednesday dispatched the first batch of 6 lakh vaccine doses to the African country of Ghana under the COVAX facility in collaboration with UNICEF, which aims to cover 92 countries under the initiative. The doses are a part of the first batch of vaccine the country is acquiring through the Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX), which Ghana among nearly 92 countries have signed into. PTI