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The Minister Mansukh Mandaviya was speaking on Friday in Delhi at the opening of the International Symposium on Health Technology Assessment.
During the Covid crisis, India sent medicines to 150 countries without raising prices or sacrificing quality, according to the Union Health Minister.
During the pandemic, India provided vaccines, medical equipment, and medicines to more than 150 affected countries, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh said in a Keynote address at the 26th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) in Canberra, Australia in January.
The Deputy Chairman stated that India facilitated the evacuation of foreign nationals stranded in various parts of India to approximately 123 countries.
Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stated that India meets 65% of the global demand for vaccines.
“Today, if there is any country in the world which is providing affordable medicines, then it’s India,” he informed.
Harivansh added that India took the initiative “Vaccine Maitri” to supply COVID-19 vaccines made in India to countries around the world.
As of the first week of December 2022, India had provided more than 282 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to 101 countries and two UN entities as part of this initiative.
“Since the outbreak of the COVID pandemic in India, we followed a ‘whole of Government’ and ‘whole of society approach’. We took several measures to contain the spread of the virus, including addressing major gaps in the availability of life-saving healthcare facilities, bolstering livelihoods, and restoring normalcy in areas such as education and employment, he had added.
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On the steps taken by the Indian government during the COVID-19 pandemic, he had said, “As regards enacting relevant legislations, the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 was amended by Parliament to provide for adequate safety and protection of healthcare personnel handling patients and the epidemic. In order to prevent foodgrain shortages and to control commodity prices during a pandemic, the Essential Commodities Act of 1955 was amended. Through the Public Distribution System, these modifications aided in ensuring food security for vulnerable areas of the nation.
