India to provide 2cr doses of vaccine to 6 nations 

India has planned to offer two crore of doses of Coronavirus vaccine to six its neighboring countries including Bangladesh, reports times of India.

An Indian state-run company will buy vaccines from the Serum Institute of India Ltd and Bharat Biotech International Ltd for supplying to Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Seychelles and Mauritius, the people said, asking not to be identified as the plan is still under discussion. Some of supplies may be free and treated as aid, they added.

The first batch of the vials will be shipped over the next two weeks, the people said. The government will then offer the vaccines to countries in Latin America, Africa and the former Soviet republics. A spokesperson for Bharat Biotech couldn’t immediately comment while a spokesman at Serum declined to comment.

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