vaccine makers finding it difficult to meet rising demand as countries race to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus, India has managed to steadily ramp up production of these shots and step up exports.As per a list drawn up by the Centre, seen by Mint, there are 24 countries to which New Delhi is either supplying or plans to supply vaccines in the coming days.
These include Egypt, Algeria, Kuwait, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Barbados and also Marshall Islands and Samoa which are way of out India’s traditional spheres of influence.An initial 5.5 million doses were supplied to countries in the neighbourhood and extended neighbourhood like Seychelles as “grants in aid" or “gifts," and another 27 million shots are in.