Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The United States informed that it is ready to ship its COVID-19 vaccines expeditiously when it has the green light from the Indian government which has told the Americans that it needs further time to review legal provisions related to accepting vaccine donations.
As per the reports, the State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said “We are ready to ship those vaccines expeditiously when we have a green light from the Government of India.”
The Biden Administration has announced to share 80 million doses from its domestic stockpile with countries around the world, including India. Even recently the US vaccines have landed in countries across the world, including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
The report further added that the vaccines to India could not be sent because the Indian government is yet to clear the necessary legal hurdles for such an emergency import.
Ned Price said “Before we can ship those doses, however, each country must complete its own domestic set of operational, of regulatory, and legal processes that are specific to each country. Now, India has determined that it needs further time to review legal provisions related to accepting vaccine donations. Once India works through its legal processes, our donations of vaccines to India will proceed expeditiously. We would need to refer you to the Government of India on the status of its discussions with COVAX, which, in this case, is helping to facilitate that delivery.”
He further added that “More broadly in the region, throughout South Asia, we’re donating millions of vaccines to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Roughly 40 million doses have been delivered worldwide so far.”
