Finance
By: Shree1news, 17 OCT 2021
World Bank president David Malpass on Saturday congratulated India on its successful vaccination campaign against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as he met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Washington. “President Malpass congratulated Minister Sitharaman on India’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign and thanked Minister Sitharaman for India’s international role in vaccine production and distribution,” the World Bank stated in a statement.
Last month, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced that India will resume the supply of Covid-19 vaccines overseas after suspending it for a while. India, the world’s largest producer of vaccines overall, suspended exports of Covid-19 vaccines in April to focus on inoculating its own population following a sudden spike in infections.
Mandaviya on Saturday stated that India will cross the landmark of 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses next week. As many as “97.23 crore have been administered the first dose of Covid vaccine in the country” till Saturday evening, he stated.
Source:A-N
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