COVID-19: India-made vaccines dispatched from Mumbai as gift to Bhutan

As a gift from India, the first consignment of 1.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine `Covishield` was dispatched to Thimphu, Bhutan from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai in the wee hours of Wednesday. A consignment containing 1,50,000 doses of Covishield will reach Thimphu today. Bhutan is the first country to receive the Government of India`s gift of the COVID vaccines, manufactured by the SII.