Vaccine diplomacy that needs specific clarifications Updated: Updated: April 17, 2021 00:47 IST The government needs to convince Indians that the vaccine exports have not been made at the cost of their health Share Article AAA The government needs to convince Indians that the vaccine exports have not been made at the cost of their health On March 18, V. Muraleedharan, Minister of state in the Ministry of External Affairs, while responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha on the “Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccine in Foreign Countries”, noted, “External supplies are done factoring in domestic production, requirements of national vaccination programme and requests for the ‘Made in India’ vaccines. These supplies will continue in the weeks and months ahead, in a phased manner, depending on production and needs of the national vaccination programme”.