New Delhi: Former West Indies captain Sir Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and Jimmy Adams on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for offering vaccine support to Caribbean nations as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a Twitter post shared by the Indian Embassy in Guyana, the players can be heard thanking PM Modi.
West Indies cricketing greats @ivivianrichards @RichieRich2000 #jimmyadams #ramnareshsarwan thank #India @PMOIndia @narendramodi for donation of #MadeInIndia @SerumInstIndia #CovishieldVaccine to #Antigua #Guyana @CARICOMorg @AntiguaOpm @OPTGY @MEAIndia @DrSJaishankar @drkjsrini pic.twitter.com/olM3FItD0N
— India in Guyana (@IndiainGuyana) March 13, 2021
On Sunday, Guyana received 80,000 doses of Covishield vaccine under India’s ‘Vaccine Maitri’ programme. Taking to Twitter, the Indian Embassy in Guyana informed that the country’s Prime Minister Mark Phillips received the gift of vaccines from India, a testimony of its hand of friendship.
A kinship across oceans.
Guyana receives Made in India vaccines. #VaccineMaitri pic.twitter.com/lZ33iy2s0v— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) March 7, 2021
