India’s 500,000 vaccine donation to Caribbean: What we know
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THE government of India has donated 500,000 AstraZeneca covid19 vaccines to the Caribbean. But there is some confusion about which countries received what.
Here’s what we know.
A Caricom release said secretary-general Irwin LaRoque thanked India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi "for his generous contribution of 500,000 doses of covid19 vaccines to the Caribbean Community, calling it ‘a tangible expression of goodwill in this challenging time.’"
India donated 100,000 vaccines to Barbados.
Subsequently, Barbados donated 1,500 to Guyana, 2,000 to Trinidad and Tobago, 1,000 to St Lucia and 500 to Grenada. Belizean media has also reported that Barbados pledged to donate 1,000 vaccines to Belize and that its Prime Minister John Briceño accepted the offer.