Vaccine crisis in India: BJP justifies export
New Delhi
Accusing the Congress and other parties spreading the politically-motivated lies on the Covid-19 vaccines, the BJP on Wednesday defended supply of 6.5 crore vaccine doses to the foreign countries, pointing out that only 16% of the doses â 1.07 crore â were supplied abroad as aid to foreign countries and that include 78.5 lakh doses to 7 neighbours.
Its national spokesman Dr Sambit Patra said coronavirus does not respect any borders and it was necessary to help the neighbours with the vaccines to ensure the disease does not spread in India from them. Under the same aid category, 2 lakh vaccine doses were given to the UN Peace Keeping Force where some 6,600 Indians are engaged for establishing peace in various countries.