The Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness thanked India and said, “I’m extremely pleased to report that yesterday we received our first shipment of 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Govt of India. We express our deep appreciation to Govt & people of India for this very much-needed support.”<\/p>\n
To date, twenty-five nations across the globe have already received the made-in India vaccines and forty-nine more countries are to be supplied with the vaccine be supplied in the upcoming days extending to Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean to Africa, South-East Asia, and the Pacific Islands.<\/p>\n
In the early 1960s, the Government of India started to encourage the growth of pharmaceutical manufacturing by Indian companies, and with the Patents Act in 1970 under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Indian pharmaceutical companies made a powerful entry in both the Indian and global markets with their expertise in reverse-engineering new processes for manufacturing drugs at low costs which became the advantage for industry.<\/p>\n
Now, India has become one of the largest producers of generic medicines globally and is positioned as the fourth largest exporter of generic formulations in volume and 10th largest in value.<\/p>\n
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\nOver 50,000 doses of Covishield- AstraZeneca vaccine arrived at the Norman International Airport yesterday afternoon. <\/p>\n
The Government and people of Jamaica express our gratitude to Prime Minister Modi (@narendramodi<\/a>) and the people of India. pic.twitter.com\/cu6WfL653m<\/a><\/p>\n
— Andrew Holness (@AndrewHolnessJM) March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n