92 countries post request for Made-in-India vaccines

Ninetytwo countries have approached India for Covid19 vaccines bolstering New Delhis credentials as the vaccine hub of the worldHighly placed sources said that scores of countries are approaching India as the word spreads that Indian vaccines are showing negligible sideeffects since the immunization drive in the country began on SaturdayIndia is sending its domestically developed vaccines to several neighbouring countries including Nepal Bangladesh MyanmarIn a letter to PM Modi on Tuesday Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of the Dominican Republic has also requested for inoculation signally that the demand for Indian jabs has acquired a transcontinental appeal As we enter 2021 and persevere in our fight against Covid19 Dominicas population of 72100 is in urgent need of enough doses of the OxfordAstraZeneca vaccine I therefore request with great humility and respect that you assist us by donating the doses we need to make our population safe optimally 70000 first and second doses wrote SkerritIn other parts of Latin America Brazil which has the second highest number of coronavirus cases in the world next only to the United States has sent a special plane to pick up Indian vaccines from PuneA Brazilian plane is expected to fly the first 2 million doses of a Covid19 vaccine purchased by the governments Fiocruz biomedical instituteAccording to a Reuters report from Sao Paulo Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said the documentation is ready for bringing the AstraZenecaOxford University vaccine being produced at the Serum Institute of IndiaBrazils Anvisa has scheduled a meeting for next Sunday to decide on the emergency use of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford as well as one by developed by Chinas Sinovac BiotecMeanwhile the Bolivian government had also signed a contract with Indias Serum Institute for the supply of 5 million doses of AstraZenecas Covid19 vaccinePresident Luis Arce said that combined with a recent deal to buy 52 million Sputnik V vaccine doses from Russia Bolivia now expected to be able to inoculate all of its vaccinable populationThe sources said that in tune with Prime Minister Modis message that Indias vaccine approach are intended to heal humanity India would not be averse to provide vaccines to Pakistan as part of a drive to eliminate the virus globallyAnd in the course of time if the Chinese vaccine does not work India would not hesitate to supply jabs to Beijing as well The sources pointed out that Indias vaccine exports to China may go a long way in addressing Indias adverse trade balance with the Middle KingdomSo far Chinas vaccine has shown patchy results For instance after Thailand has discovered that the efficacy of the two million doses of the Chinese Sinovac Biotech Covid19 vaccine has dropped dramaticallyThe Bangkok Post said that the Thai Ministry of Public Health has requested further information about the vaccine it has ordered from China following a report it might not be as effective as first thought even as it goes ahead with its plan to receive and administer the vaccine from Sinovac BiotechWe are asking for information directly from Sinovac so we are waiting for their response to get all the facts Supakit Sirilak Thailands DirectorGeneral of Medical Science Department was quoted as saying by the newspaperSingapore too has confirmed that the vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech will have to go through regulatory scrutiny and authorisation by the countrys Health Sciences Authority HSA before being rolled out for the publicWe will go through the data carefully when it comes rather than depending on reported numbers Its better to rely on official data that we receive from Sinovac itself said Singapores Health Minister Gan Kim Yong according to a report in The Straits TimesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever