Lok Sabha Question No. 2676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Vaccine Maitri
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sunil Baburao Mendhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2676 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## VACCINE MAITRI

## 2676. SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

## Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of the ongoing 'Vaccine Maitri' initiative;
- (b) the criteria to decide dispatch of vaccines to other countries and the impact of it on the domestic availability of vaccines; and
- (c) the details of number and brand of vaccines shipped from India to
- various countries under the 'Vaccine Maitri' initiative till date?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) & (b) India started external supplies of Made in India COVID19 vaccines under Vaccine Maitri initiative on January 20,2021 in the   form   of   grants-in-aid   and   commercial   sales   by   Indian manufacturers   and   through   GAVI's   COVAX   facility.   External supplies   were   undertaken   factoring   in   domestic   production, requirement of national vaccination programme and requests for the Made in India vaccines from abroad.

The   current   focus   of   the   Government   is   on   domestic vaccination programme.

- (c) Details of external supplies of COVID-19 vaccines till date are enclosed at Appendix-1.

## Appendix-1

| Supplies till date (In lakhs)   | Supplies till date (In lakhs)   | Supplies till date (In lakhs)                      | Supplies till date (In lakhs)   | Supplies till date (In lakhs)                 | Supplies till date (In lakhs)   | Supplies till date (In lakhs)   | Supplies till date (In lakhs)   | Supplies till date (In lakhs)   |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                         | Grant                           | Grant                                              | Commercial                      | Commercial                                    | COVAX                           | COVAX                           | Total Supplie s                 |                                 |
| Country                         | Qua ntity                       | Date of Desptach                                   | Quant ity                       | Date of Desptach                              | Quanti ty                       | Date of Desptach                | Total Supplie s                 |                                 |
| 1 Bangladesh                    | 33                              | (20) 21-Jan-21; (12) 26 March 21; (1) 2 April 2021 | 70                              | (50) 25-Jan-21; (20) 22-Feb-21                |                                 |                                 | 103                             |                                 |
| 2 Myanmar                       | 17                              | (15)22-Jan-21; (2 COVAXIN) 11-Feb- 21              | 20                              | 11-Feb-21                                     |                                 |                                 | 37                              |                                 |
| 3 Nepal                         | 11                              | (10) 21-Jan-21; (1) 28 March 21                    | 10                              | 20-Feb-21                                     | 3.48                            | 5 March 21                      | 24.48                           |                                 |
| 4 Bhutan                        | 5.5                             | (1.5) 20-Jan-21; (4) 21 March 21                   |                                 |                                               |                                 |                                 | 5.5                             |                                 |
| 5 Maldives                      | 2                               | (1) 20-Jan-21; (1) 19 Feb-21                       | 1                               | 29 March 21                                   | 0.12                            | 6 March 21                      | 3.12                            |                                 |
| 6 Mauritius                     | 1                               | 22-Jan-21                                          | 3                               | (1) 19-Feb-21; (2 COVAXIN) 18 March 21        |                                 |                                 | 4                               |                                 |
| 7 Seychelles                    | 0.5                             | 22-Jan-21                                          |                                 |                                               |                                 |                                 | 0.5                             |                                 |
| 8 Sri Lanka                     | 5                               | 28-Jan-21                                          | 5                               | 24-Feb-21                                     | 2.64                            | 6 March 21                      | 12.64                           |                                 |
| 9 Bahrain                       | 1                               | 28-Jan-21                                          |                                 |                                               |                                 |                                 | 1                               |                                 |
| 10 Brazil                       |                                 |                                                    | 40                              | (20) 22-Jan-21; (20) 22 Feb-21                |                                 |                                 | 40                              |                                 |
| 11 Morocco                      |                                 |                                                    | 70                              | (20) 22-Jan-21; (40)11 Feb-21; (10) 24 Feb-21 |                                 |                                 | 70                              |                                 |
| 12 Oman                         | 1                               | 30 -Jan -21                                        |                                 |                                               |                                 |                                 | 1                               |                                 |
| 13 Egypt                        |                                 |                                                    | 0.5                             | 30-Jan-21                                     |                                 |                                 | 0.5                             |                                 |
| 14 Algeria                      |                                 |                                                    | 0.5                             | 31-Jan-21                                     |                                 |                                 | 0.5                             |                                 |
| 15 South Africa                 |                                 |                                                    | 10                              | 31-Jan-21                                     |                                 |                                 | 10                              |                                 |
| 16 Kuwait                       |                                 |                                                    | 2                               | 31-Jan-21                                     |                                 |                                 | 2                               |                                 |
| 17 UAE                          |                                 |                                                    | 2                               | 02-Feb-21                                     |                                 |                                 | 2                               |                                 |
| 18 Afghanistan                  | 5                               | 7 Feb2021                                          |                                 |                                               | 4.68                            | 6 March 21                      | 9.68                            |                                 |
| 19 Barbados                     | 1                               | 7 Feb 2021                                         |                                 |                                               |                                 |                                 | 1                               |                                 |
| 20 Dominica                     | 0.7                             | 7 Feb 2021                                         |                                 |                                               |                                 |                                 | 0.7                             |                                 |
| 21 Mexico                       |                                 |                                                    | 8.7                             | 12 Feb-21                                     |                                 |                                 | 8.7                             |                                 |
| 22 Dominican Republic           | 0.3                             | 18 Feb 2021                                        | 0.2                             | 14 Feb-21                                     |                                 |                                 | 0.5                             |                                 |
| 23 Saudi Arabia                 |                                 |                                                    | 45                              | (30)14 Feb-21; (15) 28 March 21               |                                 |                                 | 45                              |                                 |

| 24           | El Salvador              |      |             | 0.2   | 15 Feb-21   |       |           |   0.2 |
|--------------|--------------------------|------|-------------|-------|-------------|-------|-----------|-------|
| 25           | Argentina                |      |             | 5.8   | 16 Feb-21   |       |           |  5.8  |
| 26           | Serbia                   |      |             | 1.5   | 20 Feb-21   |       |           |  1.5  |
| 27           | UN Health workers        |      |             | 1     | 21 Feb-21   |       |           |  1    |
| 28           | Mongolia                 | 1.5  | 21 Feb-21   |       |             |       |           |  1.5  |
| 29           | Ukraine                  |      |             | 5     | 22 Feb-21   |       |           |  5    |
| 30           | Ghana                    | 0.5  | 4 Mar 2021  | 0.02  | 10 March 21 | 6     | 23 Feb-21 |  6.52 |
| 31           | Ivory Coast              | 0.5  | 4 Mar 2021  |       | 25 Feb-21   | 5.04  | 25 Feb-21 |  5.54 |
| 32           | St. Lucia                | 0.25 | 27 Feb 2021 |       |             |       |           |  0.25 |
| 33           | St. Kitts & Nevis        | 0.2  | 27 Feb 2021 |       |             |       |           |  0.2  |
| 34           | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 0.4  | 27 Feb 2021 |       |             |       |           |  0.4  |
| 35           | Suriname                 | 0.5  | 27 Feb 2021 |       |             |       |           |  0.5  |
| 36           | Antigua & Barbuda        | 0.4  | 27 Feb 2021 |       |             |       |           |  0.4  |
| 37           | DR Congo                 | 0.5  | 4 Mar 2021  |       |             | 17.16 | 1 Mar-21  | 17.66 |
| 38           | Angola                   |      |             |       |             | 6.24  | 1 Mar-21  |  6.24 |
| 39           | Gambia                   |      |             |       |             | 0.36  | 1 Mar-21  |  0.36 |
| 40           | Nigeria                  | 1    | 25 Mar 2021 |       |             | 39.24 | 1 Mar-21  | 40.24 |
| 41           | Cambodia                 |      |             |       |             | 3.24  | 2 Mar-21  |  3.24 |
| 42 Kenya     | 1                        |      | 10 Mar 2021 |       |             | 10.20 | 2 Mar-21  | 11.2  |
| 43           | Lesotho                  |      |             |       |             | 0.36  | 2 Mar-21  |  0.36 |
| 44 Rwanda    | 0.5                      |      | 4 Mar 2021  |       |             | 2.40  | 2 Mar-21  |  2.9  |
| 45 Sao       | Tome & Principe          |      |             |       |             | 0.24  | 2 Mar-21  |  0.24 |
| 46 Senegal   | 0.25                     |      | 4 Mar 2021  |       |             | 3.24  | 2 Mar-21  |  3.49 |
| 47 Guatemala |                          | 2    | 2 Mar 2021  |       |             |       |           |  2    |
| 48           | Canada                   |      |             | 5.00  | 2 Mar-21    |       |           |  5    |
| 49           | Mali                     |      |             |       |             | 3.96  | 3 Mar-21  |  3.96 |
| 50 Sudan     |                          |      |             |       |             | 8.28  | 3 Mar-21  |  8.28 |
| 51           | Liberia                  |      |             |       |             | 0.96  | 4 Mar-21  |  0.96 |
| 52 Malawi    |                          | 0.5  | 12 Mar 2021 |       |             | 3.60  | 4 Mar-21  |  4.1  |
| 53 Uganda    | 1.00                     |      | 7 Mar 2021  |       |             | 8.64  | 4 Mar-21  |  9.64 |
| 54 Nicaragua |                          | 2.00 | 5 Mar 2021  |       |             | 1.35  | 14 Mar-21 |  3.35 |
| 55 Guyana    |                          | 0.8  | 5 Mar 2021  |       |             |       |           |  0.8  |
| 56 Jamaica   |                          | 0.50 | 5 Mar 2021  |       |             |       |           |  0.5  |
| 57           | UK                       |      |             | 50    | 5 March-21  |       |           | 50    |
| 58           | Togo                     |      |             |       |             | 1.56  | 5 Mar-21  |  1.56 |
| 59           | Djibouti                 |      |             |       |             | 0.24  | 5 Mar-21  |  0.24 |

| 60                   | Somalia      |              |                                                    |      |                              | 3.00   | 5 Mar-21   | 3.00   |
|----------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------|------|------------------------------|--------|------------|--------|
| 61                   | Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone |                                                    |      |                              | 0.96   | 6 Mar-21   | 0.96   |
| 62                   | Belize       | 0.25         | 7 Mar 2021                                         |      |                              |        |            | 0.25   |
| 63                   | Botswana     | 0.30         | 7 Mar 2021                                         |      |                              |        |            | 0.30   |
| 64                   | Mozambique   | 1.00         | 7 Mar 2021                                         |      |                              | 3.84   | 7 Mar-21   | 4.84   |
| 65 Ethiopia          |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 21.84  | 7 Mar-21   | 21.84  |
| 66 Tajikistan        |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 1.92   | 8 Mar-21   | 1.92   |
| 67 Benin             |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 1.44   | 8 Mar-21   | 1.44   |
| 68 Eswatini          | 0.20         |              | 9 Mar 2021                                         |      |                              | 0.12   | 11 Mar-21  | 0.32   |
| 69 Bahamas           | 0.20         |              | 10 Mar 2021                                        |      |                              |        |            | 0.20   |
| 70 Cape Verde        |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 0.24   | 9 Mar-21   | 0.24   |
| 71 Iran              |              |              |                                                    | 1.25 | (1.25 COVAXIN) 10 March 2021 |        |            | 1.25   |
| 72 Uzbekistan        |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 6.60   | 15 Mar-21  | 6.60   |
| 73 Solomon Islands   |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 0.24   | 17 Mar-21  | 0.24   |
| 74 Laos              |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 1.32   | 17 Mar-21  | 1.32   |
| 75 Namibia           | 0.30         |              | 18 Mar 2021                                        |      |                              |        |            | 0.30   |
| 76 Bolivia           |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 2.28   | 18 Mar-21  | 2.28   |
| 77 South Sudan       |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 1.32   | 22 Mar-21  | 1.32   |
| 78 Paraguay          |              | 2.00         | (1 COVAXIN) 26 Mar 2021; (1COVAXIN) 22 April, 2021 |      |                              |        |            | 2.00   |
| 79 Fiji              | 1.00         |              | 26 March 2021                                      |      |                              |        |            | 1.00   |
| 80 UN Peacekeeper s  |              | 2.00         | 27 March 2021                                      |      |                              |        |            | 2.00   |
| 81 Zimbabwe          | 0.35         |              | (0.35 COVAXIN ) 28 March 2021                      |      |                              |        |            | 0.35   |
| 82 Niger             |              | 0.25         | 28 March 2021                                      |      |                              | 3.55   | 12 Apr-21  | 3.80   |
| 83 Palestine         |              |              |                                                    | 0.25 | 29 March-21                  |        |            | 0.25   |
| 84 Yemen             |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 3.60   | 29 Mar-21  | 3.60   |
| 85 Nauru             |              | 0.10         | 6 April 2021                                       |      |                              |        |            | 0.10   |
| 86 Trinidad & Tobago | 0.40         |              | 9 April 2021                                       |      |                              |        |            | 0.40   |
| 87 Guinea            |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 1.944  | 10 Apr-21  | 1.944  |
| New                  |              |              |                                                    |      |                              |        |            | 1.320  |
| 88 Papua Guinea      |              |              |                                                    |      |                              | 1.320  | 10 Apr-21  |        |

| 90      | Zambia   |               |         |               | 2.280   | 11 Apr-21   |   2.280 |
|---------|----------|---------------|---------|---------------|---------|-------------|---------|
|         | Comoros  |               |         | 91            | 0.120   | 11 Apr-21   |   0.12  |
| 92      | Cameroon |               |         |               | 3.912   | 12 Apr-21   |   3.912 |
|         |          |               |         | 93 Mauritania | 0.696   | 12 Apr-21   |   0.696 |
| Albania | 0.50     | 16 April 2021 |         | 94            |         |             |   0.5   |
|         |          |               |         | 95 Syria      | 2.568   | 16 Apr-21   |   2.568 |
| Total   | Total    | 107. 15       | 357.9 2 |               | 198.63  |             | 663.7   |

* Wherever brand is not mentioned, it is Covishield. COVAXIN is mentioned, wherever this brand of vaccine was sent.

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