Greece revealed on Tuesday that it had donated 703,200 vaccines to Indonesia, contributing to the battle against Covid on a global level.
“Greece actively contributes to the fight against the COVID19 pandemic on the global level. Greece offered its support to the people and the government of Indonesia and donated a total of 703,200 vaccines to the country, in partnership with global initiatives (COVAX)”, the Greek Foreign Ministry’s post said.
The Foreign Ministry of Indonesia in a post on Twitter expressed the country’s appreciation for Greece’s support in the fight against Covid-19. It also underlined that this was the second dispatch of vaccines from Greece, adding that Indonesia has received a total of 703,200 doses of vaccines from Greece.
Indonesia mengapresiasi dukungan Yunani atas penanganan pandemi Covid-19 di tanah air.
Indonesia appreciates Greece’s support for its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. pic.twitter.com/MNMFnkTqBU
— Direktorat Eropa 1 (@DitEropa1_Kemlu) December 27, 2021
Greece donates hundreds of thousands of Covid vaccines to Africa
In November, Greece donated 200,000 doses of the Covid vaccine to the African nation of Gabon, during the tour of the country’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in sub-Saharan Africa.
A few days earlier, Greece donated over 150,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Ghana.
The donation is expected to augment the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination exercise in Ghana and help the government achieve its target of reaching 20 million people with the life-saving vaccine.
Handing over the consignment at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Dendias said the donation is “an expression of solidarity of Greece in Ghana and its people. Greece actively supports Ghana in fighting the pandemic.”
He added that it is important for countries to share their resources so together they can win the fight against the pandemic.
“This is our contribution to your effort to tackle the pandemic that affects us all. If we do not share our resources globally, we will not be able to deal with it.”
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