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India handed over to Mauritius a commercial supply of two lakh doses of Covaxin vaccine on Friday under the Vaccine Maitri initiative. In a tweet, Zouberr Joomaye, Senior Advisor to Prime Minister of Mauritius and Chairman of the National Vaccination Committee for COVID-19, gave this information. He said that Covaxin landed in Mauritius this morning and was handed over to the Minister of Health.
He thanked to the prompt intervention of Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and High Commissioner of India to Mauritius K. Nandini Singla. Bharat Biotech, COVAXIN has demonstrated 81 per cent interim efficacy in preventing COVID-19.
According to the sources, Mauritius today recorded 762 confirmed COVID-19 infections and 10 deaths. Earlier this month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Prime Minister Jugnauth entered the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement with Mauritius.
Under the Vaccine Maitri initiative, India has been providing coronavirus vaccines to its neighbouring countries. 72 countries have already received vaccines under this initiative. Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka, and Myanmar are among many countries that were aided by India during the pandemic.