Under the vaccine ‘Maitri’ initiative, India has supplied over 235 million total supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to 98 countries of the world, said Dr. Suman K Berry, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman.
With nearly 1.98 billion doses reaching all parts of the country, including the most remote areas, India’s vaccine manufacturing ecosystem has produced the most extensive free vaccination programme in the world, according to Dr. Berry.
Only four days after launching its own vaccination programme, India started sending the vaccines overseas on January 20, 2021. The first nations to get vaccines as a gift from India were Bhutan and the Maldives.
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Morocco, South Africa, Afghanistan, Mexico, DR Congo, Nigeria, United Kingdom, and many other countries were among some of the beneficiaries of the Vaccine Maitri initiative.
