India said today it had not imposed any export ban on COVID-19 vaccines and production of COVID 19 vaccines in India was being ramped up further to meet domestic requirement and global demand.
A spokesman for the Indian High Commission made these remarks in response to media queries about the matter.
“Sri Lanka is among 80 countries to which a total of over 64 million doses of COVID 19 vaccines made in India have been supplied, as bilateral gift, through COVAX facility and on commercial orders many of which were placed last year. No country has shared with the world COVID 19 vaccines in such a large quantity while vaccinating its own population.
Arrival of duly approved AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccines as a gift from India in January this year enabled vaccination against the dreaded pandemic in Sri Lanka begin ahead of earlier plans. As a close friend and neighbour of Sri Lanka, India ensured that the people of Sri Lanka start benefitting from India’s global prowess in vaccine production within days of launch of COVID 19 vaccination in India itself,” he said.
