Govt offers to vaccinate diplomats and their families posted in India
India is also looking at sending vaccines under the Covax arrangement for UN personnel, including peacekeepers and health workers.
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Indians working in the missions or embassies will not be covered by the offer
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India has offered domestically made covid-19 vaccines to diplomats and their families posted in the country, a little more than a week after the government began the vaccination drive and opened up limited exports, two people familiar with the development said on Monday.
The decks have also been cleared for India-made vaccines to be made available for use by United Nations peacekeepers and health workers through Covax, the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to covid-19 vaccines for all countries.
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Covax, a key initiative led by the World Health Organization and other health groups including the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, has announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement for 40 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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Geneva [Switzerland], January 23 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced that it had reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for 40 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine delivering to poor countries under its COVAX initiative next month.
COVAX is co-led by the World Health Organization and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had received emergency use approval from the WHO.
According to a press release by WHO, the availability of vaccines to lower-income countries and help bring a rapid end to the acute stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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