India’s vaccine production capacity is the best asset for world today, says UN Chief

RNS: The vaccine production capacity of India is the best asset for the world today. India should play a major role in the global Corona vaccination campaign, said Antonio Guterres United Nations Secretary-General while talking to the media persons.

UN Chief said, in India, there is a very high level of production of indigenously developed vaccines. “India has all the instruments that are necessary to play a major role in making sure that a global vaccination campaign is made possible,” he added.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, India plans to gift vaccine doses to Oman, CARICOM countries, Nicaragua, Pacific Island states.

“We are planning to supply 1 crore vaccine doses to Africa and 10 lakh to United Nations health workers under GAVI’s (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) COVAX facility,” he added.

 

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