New Delhi: The US government on Friday (local time) has redirected orders of critical vaccine manufacturing supplies, which will allow India to make over 20 million additional doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n
The information was shared by Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South & Central Asian Affairs, Dean Thompson.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve redirected one of our own orders of critical vaccine manufacturing supplies, which will allow India to make over 20 million additional doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine,\u201d said Dean Thompson.<\/p>\n
He also informed that US has provided over USD 500 million in COVID-19 relief supplies to India to fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn total, the US government, state governments, US companies, and private citizens have provided over USD 500 million in COVID-19 relief supplies to India,\u201d said the Acting Assistant Secretary.<\/p>\n
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday (local time) expressed gratitude to United States for strong support and solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The minister\u2019s counterpart, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the two countries were united in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic together.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the White House had announced that US will be sending 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to other countries starting from June 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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