Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that his country is ‘looking’ for extra COVID-19 vaccines from India. Last week both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian PM Narendra Modi spoke to each other with Modi assuring Trudeau of COVID vaccine supplies.
Trudeau in response to a question in a presser said, “We are looking at possible extra vaccines coming from India from the Serum Institute, work is being closely done on that.”
Adding, “It was good to talk to PM Modi on a range of subjects, including the role India is playing on producing vaccines for the developing world and other issues that is important to us.”
Canada has a deal to get 20 million AstraZeneca COVID vaccine which he said is not from Indian production facility. “I believe they are from AstraZeneca facility from South Korea”.
The talks between the two sides come two months after Canadian PM Justin Trudeau spoke on the ongoing farmers protests in India. In December, he made comments…