World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya "for announcing India will resume crucial Covid-19 vaccine shipments to COVAX in October"

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked India for resuming the export of Covid-19 vaccines in order to fulfil its commitment towards COVAX.

"Thank you Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for announcing India will resume crucial Covid-19 vaccine shipments to COVAX in October," tweeted Ghebreyesus on Wednesday.

The WHO director-general further said India's decision to export Covid-19 vaccines "is an important development in support of reaching the 40 per cent vaccination target in all countries by the end of the year".