India starts sending out COVID-19 vaccine overseas

Call it 'Vaccine Diplomacy' or any other name. It is undeniably the moment when you need to step forward to help. India is just doing it. Over the years, Indian pharmaceutical industries have built a solid foundation to excel in the production of drugs, vaccines, etc. Probably this is the moment it makes a world impact.

Nepal, Bangladesh, Brazil, Morocco, Myanmar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Bhutan, Mongolia, Maldives, Oman, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan have already received or in the process of receiving the COVID-19 vaccines, on is a renamed version of AstraZeneca and the other a Indian produced vaccine.

https://in.news.yahoo.com/india-sends-covid-vaccines-nepal-175925413.html

Partnering with WHO and UNICEF training ("The key topics covered were COVID-19 disease and vaccines, conducting COVID-19 vaccination, logistics and cold chain management, safe injection practices and waste management,' ") in administering COVID-19 was also provided for some of these countries.

More recently vaccines will be provided to Saudi Arabia and UAE.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/saudi-arabia-brazil-set-to-get-vaccines-as-india-begins-exports/ar-BB1cYd8N?ocid=uxbndlbing

https://gulfnews.com/uae/vaccine-maitri-indias-coordinated-efforts-to-fight-covid-19-1.1611578739605

More on vaccines to Africa:

https://southasiamonitor.org/india/after-neighbourhoold-india-sends-coronavirus-vaccines-morocco-africa

Even some European countries are seeking Indian made vaccines:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-20/u-k-belgium-among-nations-seeking-cheaper-indian-vaccines

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 The first ones to get the vaccine are the front-line workers estimated at 30 million. The second group to follow are people above the age of 50 and those below the age of 50 with co-morbidity. The second group is estimated at 270 million. I am sure the AADHAR project will be of immense use.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/all-india-vaccine-rollout-set-for-next-week-govt/articleshow/80123824.cms

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/covid-19-vaccination-drive-to-kick-off-on-jan-16-govt/articleshow/80187668.cms

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It is noteworthy that an Indian Pharmaceutical  (Bharat Biotech)

company could develop a vaccine in record time to address the emergency.

India's indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 will be administered in India

  COVAXIN

https://www.bharatbiotech.com/covaxin.html

"U.S. biopharmaceutical firm Ocugen and Bharat Biotech have signed a binding letter of intent (LOI) to co-develop India’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin for the United States market.....

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Covaxin offers a vaccine candidate that is different from other options currently available in the U.S. market with potentially broader coverage against multiple protein antigens of the virus,” said Harvey Rubin of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of Ocugen’s Vaccine Scientific Advisory Board."

The above extracted from:

https://www.thehindu.com/business/bharat-biotech-ocugen-to-take-covaxin-to-us/article33397081.ece