Vaccine Maitri

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Countries that received doses of the Indian-made Covaxin as of 6 March 2021

Vaccine Maitri (English: Vaccine Friendship)[1] is a humanitarian initiative undertaken by the Indian government to provide COVID-19 vaccines to countries around the world.[2] The government started providing vaccines from 20 January 2021. As of 9 May 2021, India had delivered around 66.3 million doses of vaccines to 95 countries.[3] Of these, 10.7 million doses were gifted to 47 countries by the Government of India. The remaining 54 million were supplied by the Serum Institute of India under its commercial and COVAX obligations. In late March 2021, the Government of India temporarily froze exports of the Covishield, citing India's own COVID crisis and the domestic need for these vaccines.[4] The Health Minister of India, Mr. Mansukh Mandaviya announced in September that India will resume the export of vaccines from October to the rest of the world.[5][6]

Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (Indian version) 2021 L.jpeg

200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were gifted by India to the UN peacekeepers on 27 March to be distributed to all peacekeeping missions.[7]

Vaccines[]

A vial of Covishield, the Indian-manufactured version of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
A vial of Covaxin

India has two approved COVID-19 vaccines: Covishield and Covaxin. Both of them were exported and used in foreign grants by the Government of India.

Covishield[]

On 1 January 2021, the Drug Controller General of India, approved the emergency or conditional use of Covishield.[8] Covishield is developed by the University of Oxford and its spin-out company, Vaccitech.[9]

Covaxin[]

On 2 January 2021, Covaxin India's first COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Bharat Biotech in association with the Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Virology received approval from the Drug Controller General of India for its emergency or conditional usage.[10]

Vaccine supply[]

India kicked off international shipment of the vaccines on 20 January 2021, only four days after starting its own vaccination program.[11] Bhutan and Maldives were the first countries to receive vaccines as a grant by India. This was quickly followed by shipments to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Seychelles.[11] By mid-March 2021, India was also supplying vaccines on a commercial basis to countries including Canada,[12] the UK,[13] and Saudi Arabia.[14]

The Serum Institute of India was selected as a key supplier of cost-effective COVID-19 vaccines to the COVAX initiative,[15] 19.8 million doses of Covishield vaccines were supplied by India to various countries through the initiative.[16]

In May, when COVAX was already short 140 million doses,[17] the Serum Institute announced that it expected to maintain its suspension of vaccine deliveries to COVAX through the end of 2021[18] due to the second wave of COVID-19 in India[19] and the US ban on export of key raw materials.[20]

Vaccines exported[]

As of 29 May 2021, India had exported 66.4 million doses including 10.7 million vaccine provided as grant to more than 95 nations.[3]

Recipient Country[2] Units Received date Notes
 United Nations 300,000 27 March 2021 200,000 doses for UN peacekeepers as gift, distributed to all UN peacekeeping missions.[21] 100,000 doses for UN Health workers[3]
 Afghanistan 968,000 7 February 2021[3] 500,000 doses delivered on 7 February 2021 as grant, another batch of 468,000 doses were delivered under commercial deal by 6 March 2021.[3]
 Albania 50,000 16 April 2021[22] delivered as grant
 Algeria 50,000 31 January 2021[3]
 Angola 624,000 1 March 2021[3]
 Antigua and Barbuda 40,000 27 February 2021[3]
 Argentina 580,000 16 February 2021[3]
 Bahamas 20,000 10 March 2021[23]
 Bahrain 100,000 28 January 2021[3]
 Bangladesh 10,300,000[3][24] 21 January 2021
25 January 2021
22 February 2021 		Total 3,300,000 doses were delivered as gift, first batch delivered on 21 January 2021.[3] 7,000,000 doses from commercial deal delivered as two batches with first batch of 5,000,000 on 25 January 2021 and second batch of 2,000,000 on 22 February 2021.[citation needed]
 Barbados 100,000 7 February 2021[3]
 Belize 25,000 7 March 2021[3]
 Benin 144,000 8 March 2021[3]
 Bhutan 550,000 20 January 2021 The start of Vaccine Maitri,[25] as of 21 March 2021 550,000 doses were delivered as grant in two batches[3]
 Bolivia 280,000 18 March 2021[3]
 Botswana 30,000 7 March 2021[3] Grant
 Brazil 4,000,000 22 January 2021[3] Delivered in two batches 0f 2,000,000 doses each, final delivery was on 22 February 2021[3]
 Cambodia 324,000 2 March 2021[3]
 Cameroon 391,200 12 April 2021[3]
 Comoros 12,000 11 April 2021[3]
 Canada 500,000 2 March 2021[3] Canada was the first G7 country to receive vaccines under this initiative.[26]
 Cape Verde 24,000 9 March 2021[3]
 Djibouti 24,000 5 March 2021[3]
 Dominica 70,000 7 Febrruary 2021[3] Grant
 Dominican Republic 50,000 14 February 2021[3] Delivered as two batches, first batch of 20,000 delivered on 14 February 2021, second batch of 30,000 doses were delivered on 18 February 2021 as grant[3]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,766,000 1 March 2021[3] First batch of 1,716,000 delivered as part of the commercial deal on 1 March 2021, another batch of 50,000 doses delivered as grant on 4 March 2021[3]
 Egypt 50,000 30 January 2021[3]
 El Salvador 20,000 15 February 2021[3]
 Ethiopia 2,184,000 7 March 2021[3]
 Eswatini 32,000 9 March 2021[3] Delivered in two batches first batch of 20,000 doses delivered as grant on 9 March 2021, while 12,000 doses (commercial order) were delivered as second batch on 11 March 2021[3]
 Fiji 100,000 26 March 2021[3][27] Grant
 Gambia 36,000 1 March 2021[3]
 Ghana 652,000 23 February 2021[citation needed] 600,000 doses delivered as part of the COVAX scheme on 23 February 2021, 50,000 doses delivered as grant on 4 March 2021, another batch of 2000 doses delivered on 10 March 2021 (commercial deal)[3]
 Guatemala 200,000 2 March 2021[3] Grant
 Guinea 194,400 10 April 2021[3]
 Guinea-Bissau 28,800 10 April 2021[3]
 Guyana 80,000 7 March 2021[3] delivered as grant
 Iran 125,000 10 March 2021[3] first commercial order for Covaxin[3]
 Ivory Coast 554,000 25 February 2021[3] As part of the COVAX scheme 504,000 doses were delivered on 25 February 2021, 50,000 delivered as grant on 4 March 2021.[3]
 Jamaica 50,000 5 March 2021 delivered as grant[3]
 Kenya 1,120,000 2 March 2021 First batch of 1,020,000 delivered on 2 March 2021 as part of the COVAX initiative, another batch of 100,000 doses delivered as grant on 10 March 2021[3]
 Kuwait 200,000 31 January 2021[3]
 Laos 132,000 17 March 2021 delivered as part of the COVAX initiative[3]
 Lesotho 36,000 2 March 2021 COVAX initiative[3]
 Liberia 96,000 4 March 2021 COVAX initiative[3]
 Malawi 410,000 4 March 2021 as part of the COVAX initiative first batch of 360,000 doses delivered on 4 March 2021, another batch of 50,000 doses delivered as grant on 12 March 2021[3]
 Maldives 312,000 20 January 2021 200,000 doses were delivered as grant by 19 February 2021, 100,000 doses were delivered under commercial order, another batch 12,000 doses were delivered as part of the COVAX initiative[3]
 Mali 396,000 3 March 2021 COVAX initiative[3]
 Mauritania 69,600 12 April 2021 COVAX initiative[3]
 Mauritius 400,000 19 February 2021 100,000 doses delivered as grant on 22 January 2021, 300,000 doses (including 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccine supplied by Serum Institute of India and 200,000 doses of Covaxin supplied by Bharat Biotech) were delivered by 18 March 2021 as two batches.[3]
 Mexico 870,000 12 February 2021[3]
 Mongolia 150,000 21 February 2021 delivered as grant[3]
 Morocco 7,000,000 22 January 2021
11 February 2021
24 February 2021[citation needed] 		delivered as three batches[3]
 Mozambique 484,000 7 March 2021 100,000 doses delivered as grant and 384,000 doses delivered as part of the COVAX initiative on 7 March 2021[3]
 Myanmar 3,700,000 22 January 2021 1,700,000 doses (including 1,500,000 doses of Covishield and 200,000 doses of Covaxin) were delivered as grant by 11 February 2021, another batch of 2,000,000 doses were delivered under commercial deal on the same day.[3]
 Namibia 30,000 18 March 2021 delivered as grant[3]
 Nauru 10,000 6 April 2021 delivered as grant[3]
   Nepal 2,448,000 21 January 2021 1,100,000 doses were delivered as grant (first batch of 1,000,000 on 21 January 2021 and second batch of 100,000 on 28 March 2021), 1,000,000 doses were delivered under commercial order on 20 February 2021, another batch of 348,000 doses were delivered as part of the COVAX initiative on 5 March 2021.[3]
 Nicaragua 335,000 5 March 2021 200,000 doses were delivered as grant on 5 March 2021, 135,000 doses were delivered on 14 March 2021 as part of the COVAX initiative[3]
 Niger 380,000 28 March 2021 25,000 doses delivered as grant on 28 March 2021, another batch of 355,000 doses were delivered as part of the COVAX initiative on 12 April 2021[3]
 Nigeria 4,024,000 1 March 2021[28] as part of the COVAX initiative 3,924,000 doses were delivered on 1 March 2021, another batch of 100,000 doses were delivered as grant by 25 March 2021[3]
 Oman 100,000 30 January 2021 delivered as grant[3]
 Seychelles 50,000
 Sri Lanka 1,000,000
 South Africa 1,000,000 1 February 2021[29] Vaccine Suspended due to 501Y.V2 and sold to African Union Members.
 United Arab Emirates 200,000
 Saudi Arabia 3,000,000
 Serbia 150,000 21 February 2021[citation needed]
 Ukraine 500,000
 Saint Lucia 25,000
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20,000
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 40,000
 Suriname 50,000
 Rwanda 240,000
 Senegal 324,000
 Uzbekistan 660,000 17 March 2021

International reaction[]

International organizations[]

  • IMF: IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath lauded India for playing a key role during the crisis by dispatching vaccines to many countries. She said "I also want to mention that India really stands out in terms of its vaccine policy. If you look at where exactly is one manufacturing hub for vaccines in the world – that will be India."[30]

Countries[]

  •  Jamaica[31] of the OACPS has thanked Indian efforts in delivering vaccines to developing and least developed countries.
  •    Nepal Prime minister Khadga Prasad Oli thanked India stating; “We got an early chance to administer the Covid-19 vaccine. For this, I thank our neighbouring nation India, its government, the people, and especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They sent 10 lakh doses of vaccines to us as a grant within a week of the roll-out in India.”[32]
  •  St. Lucia on behalf of CARICOM thanked India for providing vaccine supplies to them.[31][33]
  •  Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the supply of "Made in India" COVID-19 vaccines. She tweeted, "PM Modi made it possible for more than 40,000 persons in Barbados and tens of thousands elsewhere, to receive their 1st dose of COVISHIELD via Vaccine Maitri before receiving his. A genuine demonstration of generosity. Thank you and we wish you continued good health."[34]
  •  Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne had thanked Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi "for demonstrating an act of benevolence, kindness and empathy", for sending vaccines to Caribbean countries.[35]

Leaders who received vaccines provided by India[]

Gallery[]

  • COVID-19 vaccine from India arrives at Seychelles.

  • Delivery of Covishield COVID-19 vaccine from India to Brazil

  • Delivery of Covishield COVID-19 vaccine from India to Brazil

See also[]

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