Cementing its credentials as the pharmacy to the world, India on Friday began the first commercial shipments of covid-19 vaccines to developing countries like Morocco and Brazil.
They come on top of shipments to neighbouring countries that buttress India’s position as the first responder in times of crises in South Asia.
Foreign ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava told reporters in New Delhi that contractual supplies are being shipped to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Brazil and Morocco. Additional vaccines will also be exported to Bangladesh and Myanmar besides the consignments already sent to them as grants or gifts.
