Brazil President Jair M Bolsonaro invoked Lord Hanuman and thanked India as the country today received two million doses of coronavirus vaccines made in India.
Bolsonaro said his country feels honoured to have a great partner to overcome a global obstacle by joining efforts.
He took to Twitter to thank India. His ‘Dhanyawad’ post had an image that referred to a tale in the Ramayana wherein Lord Hanuman lifted the entire Govardhan mountain to deliver ”Sanjeevni booti”, a magical life-saving herb, to Lanka to save Lord Ram’s brother Lakshman, who was wounded in a war.
– Namaskar, Primeiro Ministro @narendramodi
– O Brasil sente-se honrado em ter um grande parceiro para superar um obstáculo global. Obrigado por nos auxiliar com as exportações de vacinas da Índia para o Brasil.
– Dhanyavaad! धनयवाद pic.twitter.com/OalUTnB5p8
— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) January 22, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied by saying that India will continue to strengthen the cooperation on healthcare.
The honour is ours, President @jairbolsonaro to be a trusted partner of Brazil in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic together. We will continue to strengthen our cooperation on healthcare. https://t.co/0iHTO05PoM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 23, 2021
As part of its Vaccine Maitri commitment, India promised to ship Covid 19 vaccines to six of its neighbors as a goodwill gesture. Under the programme, Serum India Institute’s Covishield consignments were dispatched to Mauritius and Seychelles.
As India supplies Covid vaccines to countries in South Asia, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Friday said that the government is also undertaking contractual supplies of coronavirus vaccines to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Brazil, Morocco, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Maldives and Bhutan were amongst the first nations to get vaccines from India. On January 20, India had sent 1,50,000 doses of Covisheild vaccine to Bhutan and 1,00,000 doses to the Maldives as grant assistance.
