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WHO and its partners launched second round of a polio vaccination campaign, aiming to immunise over half a million children

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday appreciated India’s decision to export the vaccines under Vaccine Maitri to COVAX. The Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that it is an important development in support of reaching the 40 per cent vaccination target in all countries by the end of this year. The World […]

He said while more than 780 million doses of vaccine have now been administered globally, vaccines are a powerful tool but not the only tool.

India this week announced that it will send COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Sri Lanka and seven other countries - Bhutan, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Seychelles, Afghanistan and Mauritius.