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Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for shipping over 500 thousand \u2018Made in India\u2019 COVISHIELD vaccines to the nation lauding India for \u2018generously and selflessly\u2019 assisting the Caribbean in their fight against COVID-19.<\/p>

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Taking to Twitter to thank India, Prime Minister\u00a0Gaston Browne also shared an image of him and PM Modi from the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting where the two nation-heads had last interacted with each other.<\/p>\n

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As a part of its vaccine diplomacy, India on Monday shipped half a million COVID-19 vaccines destined for over 4 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries and Suriname. Sharing the development on Twitter, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the move came as part of India\u2019s commitment to the\u00a0Caribbean Community.<\/p>

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India\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Vaccine Maitri\u2019 earns international applause<\/h2>\n

Emphasizing its \u2018neighbourhood first\u2019 policy, India began sending millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccines as grants to friendly\u00a0to SAARC member nations, after its two vaccines were approved by the DGCI. To date, India has supplied it\u2019s \u2018Made in India\u2019 vaccines to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Seychelles Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Mauritius.<\/p>

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Later, the nation\u00a0broadened its ambit by supplying vaccines to distant countries with friendly ties such as Brazil, Ghana and several other nations in the\u00a0Caribbean and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

The nation has also\u00a0won global praise for its \u2018Vaccine Maitri\u2019\u00a0programme which aims to aid poor countries amidst the global pandemic.\u00a0WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has also personally expressed his gratified to Prime Minister Modi and India for sharing the COVID-19 vaccines remarking how its commitment was helping more than 60 countries to start vaccinating their health workers and other priority groups.<\/p>

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PM Modi has responded to the WHO chief saying\u2013 \u201cWe are all together in the fight against this pandemic\u201d and that India is committed to sharing resources, experiences, and knowledge for global good.\u00a0The nation has also vowed to\u00a0supply 2,00,000 doses of vaccines to the United Nations for vaccinating the peacekeepers, which has also gained the appraisal of\u00a0UN\u00a0Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.<\/p>\n

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