Covaxin is an Indian homegrown vaccine manufactured by the pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech.
Kabul: Indian government has supplied 500,000 doses of Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine to Afghanistan as part of “humanitarian assistance”.
According to a statement by the Ministry of External Affairs, the Covaxin vaccines were handed over to the Indira Gandhi Hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Covaxin is an Indian homegrown vaccine manufactured by the pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech.
Another batch of additional 500,000 doses would be supplied in the coming weeks, the statement said.
The ministry in an official statement said that Indian government is “committed to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghan people consisting of food grains, one million doses of COVID vaccine and essential life-saving drugs”.
In December 2021, India delivered 1.6 tons of medical assistance to Afghanistan through the World Health Organization (WHO).
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