›200,000 COVID vaccines given by India for UN peacekeepers are already being put to use: UN spokesperson 200,000 COVID vaccines given by India for UN peacekeepers are already being put to use: UN spokesperson SECTIONS 200,000 COVID vaccines given by India for UN peacekeepers are already being put to use: UN spokespersonPTI Last Updated: Jun 05, 2021, 12:11 PM IST Share Synopsis India, one of the largest troop-contributing countries to UN peacekeeping missions, gifted 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for UN peacekeepers across all UN missions. AP External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had announced in February that India will gift vaccine doses for UN peacekeepers. The 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines gifted by India for all UN peacekeepers are "already being put to use" and a number of these Blue Helmets have already been vaccinated, spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres has said.