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After South Asia, India sends coronavirus vaccines to Morocco in Africa
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Rahul Kumar ( IANS) |
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New Delhi, Jan 23 : India has flown the first lot of coronavirus vaccines to Africa, after having shipped these to friendly South Asian neighbours when a Royal Air Maroc plane left India for Moroccan capital Rabat on Friday evening.
The Indian embassy in Rabat tweeted: In a manifestation of excellent relationship between India and Morocco, the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and produced by Serum Institute of India, the world s largest vaccine producer was shipped from India for Morocco today. The embassy later replied to its own tweet, saying: AffordableVaccine4All.
How do you vaccinate a country of 1.3 billion? A gargantuan task indeed. That’s the challenge facing India as it launched a vaccination programme on January 16 to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Size and numbers have never intimidated India. After all, the country has been successfully running the world’s largest democratic exercise for more than seven decades. So the COVID-19 vaccination programme shouldn’t be too difficult despite the enormous hurdles.
Much like the rest of the world, India has been reeling from the onslaught of the coronavirus. COVID-19 infections have surged so much that India is second only to the United States with more than 10.5 million cases and over 150,000 deaths. The economy also has taken a hit. The country applied lockdowns early last year, yet the infections keep soaring. So vaccination offers the best solution to prevent the spread of the virus.
Bhawana Kanth to become first woman fighter pilot to take part in Republic Day parade The 28-year-old was among the first women fighter pilots, along with Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh, to be inducted into the IAF in 2016 FP Staff January 19, 2021 13:18:41 IST File image of Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kamath. Image courtesy: Twitter/@drharshvardhan
Flight lieutenant Bhawana Kanth will become the first woman fighter pilot to take part in the Republic Day parade.
Kanth, currently posted at a Rajasthan airbase and commissioned on a MiG-21 Bison fighter plane, will be a part of the Indian Air Force s (IAF s) tableau that will showcase mock-ups of the light combat aircraft, light combat helicopter and the Sukhoi-30 fighter plane.