The vaccine is shared with other countries under the Vaccine Maitri program.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NEUDELHI – India’s Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya says India will move on Vaccine export Covid-19 in October 2021. This news follows the massive one vaccination in India in the past few months.

India stopped exporting life-saving vaccines when the second wave of the pandemic hit India in April. Mandaviya said the excess vaccines would be shared with other countries under the Vaccine Maitri program.

“We expect $ 30 billion ($ 300 million) shipments from various vaccine manufacturers in October and will continue to grow in the months to come,” Mandaviya said. newindianexpress on Tuesday (21.9.).

Mandaviya added that injecting people permanently resident in India was the government’s top priority. “Vaccinating our own people is still important, so we will continue to do it,” said Mandaviya.

The announcement of the resumption of vaccine exports comes ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US this week for a meeting of heads of state. It is reported that the supply of vaccines is likely to be discussed at the meeting.

Meanwhile, the UK government’s latest Covid-19 protocol is in place requiring all travelers from India – including those who have used both doses of the vaccine – to undergo three Covid-19 tests and quarantine for 10 days to deliver. This news has thwarted the plans of thousands of students preparing to enroll in UK universities.

The new rules, which were introduced last Friday, will take effect on October 4th. Indian travelers are required to take a Covid-19 test three days before departure and two more tests upon arrival in the UK. According to the new policy, passengers must also quarantine themselves for 10 days in the previously assigned location.

The UK only considers fully vaccinated those who have received both doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna or Janssen vaccines in the UK, Europe and the US. Those who have been vaccinated in Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, and several other countries are also considered fully vaccinated.