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COVID-19 Vaccine
Wa Aga t Co o a
P a a B a at a D a
Vaccine Maitri

No , Wo get Ma e

I a’ Co o a Va e
I a’ Co o a Va e

At a time when the world faces
Coronavirus pandemic, India is
not just catering to its domestic

needs but is also helping out other

countries in dealing with the once-
in-a-century crisis. India has started
in-a-century crisis. India has started
the world’s largest vaccination drive
the world’s largest vaccination drive
against Coronavirus and has also

started helping its neighbours with
the ‘Made in India’ vaccines

here is a phrase in Sanskrit — ‘Sarve Santu
Nirāmayā’, wishing all to be free from disease.
TTaking inspiration from this, India took the lead
and showed the world how to deal with the COVID-19
crisis. It managed to contain the Coronavirus
infection successfully, and again proved its mettle
by developing not one but two indigenous vaccines It would not be advisable to judge India’s
and launching the biggest vaccination drive in the success with that of another country. In a
world. Now, it has emerged as a beacon of hope for country which is home to 18 per cent of the
world population, that country has saved
the global community through its Vaccine Maitri humanity from a big disaster by containing
(Vaccine Diplomacy) initiative. Corona effectively. In the initial period of
Corona, we were importing masks, PPE kits
NEIGHBOURS FIRST POLICY and test kits. Today, we are not only taking care
Based on the requests from neighbouring and of our domestic needs, but also serving the
partner countries, India has started supplying its citizens of other countries by exporting these
items. And today it is India which has also
indigenous vaccines to them from January 20. launched the world’s largest Corona vaccination
Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar program…Today, India is saving the lives of
and Seychelles are some of the countries which citizens of many countries by sending COVID-19
have received the vaccine. The supply of vaccines vaccines and helping set up vaccination
is being done after ensuring that India has enough infrastructure there
vaccines for its own people. -Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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