Bangladesh biggest receiver of India-made Covid-19 vaccines

Bangladesh is the highest recipient of India-made Covid-19 vaccines among a group of 70 countries.

Indian Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, stated this in a written reply today, delivered to the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament).

Bangladesh has received 90 lakh doses of vaccines so far, according to figures given by Choubey, our New Delhi correspondent reports.

Britain (50 lakh doses), Saudi Arabia (30 lakh doses), Myanmar (37 lakh doses), Nepal (23.48 lakh doses), Bhutan (1.5 lakh doses), Maldives (2.12 lakh doses), Sri Lanka (12.64 lakh doses), Brazil (40 lakh doses), Morocco (70 lakh doses), South Africa (10 lakh doses) and Afghanistan (9.68 lakh doses) are among the other countries India provided the vaccines to.