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India has given over 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh under grant assistance, a senior minister said on Thursday.
The vaccines were given to Bangladesh at a vital period when the amount of coronavirus cases in the country continues to rise and has reached 529,687 until Thursday.
“India had stood by Bangladesh during the (1971) Liberation War, and today, once the pandemic is rattling the world, India again came with gifts of vaccines,” Bangladesh foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said as Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami handed him over the vaccines.
Health minister Zahid Maleque joined the function during which Momen termed the New Delhi initiative as a proof of friendship between Bangladesh and India.
Doraiswami said that India, in line with the discussions held throughout the virtual summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, delivered the vaccines within a week of their rollout in India.
He said as part of India’s”Neighbourhood First” policy, his country accorded high priority to the India-Bangladesh relationship and the gift of 20 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine was actually the largest such dispatch by India to some of the neighbouring states.
India has also handed over 1 million similar vaccines to Nepal.
India is one of the world’s largest drugmakers, and an increasing number of nations have already approached it for procuring the coronavirus vaccines.
India has already rolled out a enormous coronavirus vaccination drive under both vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, are being treated to frontline health workers across the nation.
While Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield has been manufactured by the Serum Institute, and the Covaxin has been produced by Bharat Biotech.
The Ministry of External Affairs said it will be ensured that national manufacturers will have adequate stocks to satisfy domestic requirements while supplying abroad.
India had previously supplied hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir and paracetamol tablets, as well as diagnostic kits, ventilators, masks, gloves and other medical supplies to a high number of countries to help them deal with the pandemic.
