'I got India's Covishield vaccine': UNGA President Abdulla Shahid

President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has said he received the two doses of the Covishield vaccine manufactured in India

He also added that a “large portion” of other countries around the world have also received India’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield.

The Covishield vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca, is manufactured in India by Pune-based Serum Institute of India.

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Shahid was responding to a question on whether any Covid-19 vaccine should be recognised and considered or only the ones validated by the World Health Organization or any other group.

Shahid said he took Covishield and ‘survived’ but added that ‘someone else, a medical person' should make that call’ on recognizing vaccine

India has exported over 66 million vaccine doses to nearly 100 countries through grants, commercial shipments and the COVAX facility.