Former West Indies player, including Viv Richards, thanks PM Modi for Kovid vaccines

Former West Indies cricketers Vivian Richards, Richie Richardson, Jimmy Adams and Ramnaresh Saravan thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping Caribbean countries by donating Kovid-19 vaccines under the Vaccine Friendship Initiative. In March, Antigua and Barbuda received 1,75,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, of which 40,000 were donated to the country under the ‘Vaccine Friendship’ initiative. In a video posted on Twitter by the High Commission of India, Richards said, “I would like to thank you for the amazing contribution made to our country, many thanks from the people of Antiguan and Barbudan.” Guyana

He said, “We look forward too, maintain relations in future. Thank you very much to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the High Commission of India. We also thank all the people of India for such gestures.”

“On behalf of the government and people of Antigua and Barbuda, I would like to thank Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi for his generosity in providing 40,000 vaccines. We are very grateful to you and your country. Thank you very much ., “Added Richardson, a former West Indies caption.

Guyana received 80,000 doses of the Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines under the Cine Vaccine Friendship ‘program. Jamaica, Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis also received vaccines under the same initiative.

“I just want to use this opportunity to thank the Government of India for donating vaccines to all people in the region. I know that my own home country of Jamaica is benefiting from this initiative. Antigua Also where I am currently working with Cricket West Indies. We are all deeply grateful to the Government of India and on behalf of the people of the Caribbean I would like to thank you for this great initiative, “another former Windies captain, Adams said. .

Former Windies batsman Sarwan said, “I would like to thank Prime Minister Modi on this occasion for providing the Kovid-19 vaccine for us in Guyana. We really appreciate your kindness.”

Promoted

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar shared the clip of Richards and wrote on Twitter, “For those who love old cricket and New India. Maybe even for those who neither understand cricket nor India.”

The Vaccine Friendship initiative aims to assist countries in their fight against the coronovirus epidemic, with India sending ‘Made-in-India’ COVID-19 vaccines to twenty-five countries worldwide. Since 20 January, New Delhi has supplied the coronavirus vaccine to several countries including Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Bahrain, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Seychelles and Sri Lanka.