India, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of drugs, is among several of the places Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has approached for the COVID-19 vaccine.
A senior Government official confirmed that Mottley had indeed written to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi more than three weeks ago and prior to the surge in cases, seeking access to doses of the Covishield vaccine.
However, the source could not say what was India’s response to the request.
The Hindustan Times ran an article four days ago and quoted a section of Mottley’s letter with the request.
“I am urgently soliciting the assistance of your government to have access to 200 000 doses (for 100 000 citizens) of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine being manufactured in your country. (AC)
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