As the Narendra Modi government prepares to roll out a massive vaccination drive against the coronavirus for over one billion people, countries are already lining up to buy the vaccine from India.
Nepal라이브 바카라 foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali,바카라 웹사이트 who is in Delhi for the sixth session of the India-Nepal Joint Commission meeting,바카라 웹사이트 is also hoping to get supplies of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine or the indigenously manufactured Bharat Biotech라이브 바카라바카라 웹사이트Covaxin vaccine.
Bangladesh too is looking up to India for its share of supplies. Brazil라이브 바카라 health ministry has gone a step further and announced on바카라 웹사이트Wednesday바카라 웹사이트that the government is negotiating with India to send in a chartered plane to collect two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. President바카라 웹사이트Jair Bolsonaro had spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on바카라 웹사이트January 9바카라 웹사이트and asked for urgent supply of the vaccine.
Brazil라이브 바카라 health minister Eduardo Pazuello was quoted by Reuters as saying that the plane carrying the vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India will fly back to Brasilia by the weekend. The health minister was speaking in Manaus, an Amazonian town that had been crippled by the pandemic. Perhaps he was hoping to reassure people that the government was doing its best to help.
Brazil라이브 바카라 Bolsonaro, a friend of US President Donald Trump, had minimized the dangers of the Covid-19 pandemic and has been criticised for mismanaging the health crisis in the country.바카라 웹사이트 There is no confirmation either from the Indian government or the Serum Institute about the purchase. There seems to be confusion over this. Have the vaccines바카라 웹사이트been released on a government to government deal? There is no clarity yet and the ministry of external affairs (MEA) has not answered the specific question on Brazil's claims of getting two million dozes바카라 웹사이트of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
During바카라 웹사이트Thursday라이브 바카라 weekly foreign ministry briefing, MEA spokesman Anurag Srivastava left it vague. He gave no direct answer but hinted that perhaps supplying to foreign governments would take some time, though he emphasised that India was willing to share the vaccine with the rest of the world.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
“In so far as requests from countries for vaccines from India, you would recall that Prime Minister has already stated that India라이브 바카라 vaccine production and delivery capacity would be used for the benefit of all humanity in fighting this crisis. As you know, the vaccination process is just starting in India. It is too early to give a specific response on the supplies to other countries as we are still assessing production schedules and availability to take decisions in this regard.바카라 웹사이트 This may take some time,’’ Srivastava said.
Brazil라이브 바카라 health minister라이브 바카라 claim has not been verified by the Serum Institute either. Adar Poonawalla had said earlier in one of his many interviews that foreign supplies would be possible perhaps by March when India라이브 바카라 initial phase of vaccinations was done. Doctors, nurses, and other frontline health workers are the first priority for the government.
바카라 웹사이트India aims to vaccinate roughly 300 million people by July if everything goes according to plan. It would be difficult for any government to send supplies to other countries before giving it to its own health workers. But possibly with an eye to building goodwill in the neighbourhood and in the international community, India will also try to balance its domestic priorities with lending a helping hand to developing countries. China is also going all out to supply the world with its own version of the Covid-19 vaccine.