The Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. S. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has donated additional 100,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from the people of India to the people of the Maldives.
The Covid-19 vaccine donation was accepted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Abdulla Shahid, and Minister of Health, Mr. Ahmed Naseem. The additional 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine received today is the Covishield vaccine manufactured locally by the Serum Institute of India. Covishield is based on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, co-developed by the Oxford University and AstraZeneca to combat Covid-19.
India has previously gifted 100,000 doses to the Covishield vaccines in January to the Maldives.
The Maldives has begun the vaccine rollout program on February 01 with the Covishield vaccine donated by the Indian government. So far, over 64,000 people have received the Covid-19 vaccine from the nationwide vaccination campaign.
The Covid-19 vaccine donation was accepted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Abdulla Shahid, and Minister of Health, Mr. Ahmed Naseem. The additional 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine received today is the Covishield vaccine manufactured locally by the Serum Institute of India. Covishield is based on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, co-developed by the Oxford University and AstraZeneca to combat Covid-19.
From the people of India to the people of Maldives.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) February 20, 2021
Handed over 100,000 additional doses of COVID vaccine to FM @abdulla_shahid and Health Minister @KerafaNaseem. pic.twitter.com/AtM662To3H
India has previously gifted 100,000 doses to the Covishield vaccines in January to the Maldives.
The Maldives has begun the vaccine rollout program on February 01 with the Covishield vaccine donated by the Indian government. So far, over 64,000 people have received the Covid-19 vaccine from the nationwide vaccination campaign.
