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EAM Jaishankar States India Provided Medical Supplies To 150 Nations During COVID Pandemic
Jaishankar on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that India has provided medical supplies to 150 countries during COVID-19, out of which 82 were grants.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that India has provided medical supplies to 150 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, out of which 82 were given as grants. India supplied 150 nations with medicines, 82 of which were provided as grants. As our production of masks, PPEs and diagnostic kits grew, we made them all available to the other nations as well, he said while briefing the Lower House about the Vaccine Maitri Initiative .
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India sent medicines to 150 nations & vaccines to 72: Jaishankar
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 17 : Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar in a statement in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday said that during the pandemic India supplied medicines to 150 countries including PPE kits to many nations and the country has become the pharmacy of the world.
Jaishankar said, India could meet the spiking requirements of hydroxychloroquine, paracetamol and other relevant drugs across the world. In fact, we supplied 150 nations with medicines, 82 of them as grants by India. As our own production of masks, PPEs and diagnostic kits grew, we made them available to other nations as well.
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